Re: Looking for advice on how to deal with potential slop packages

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Subject: Re: Looking for advice on how to deal with potential slop packages
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A lot of this is probably already a lost cause I think.

Linux accept LLM contributions (look for the `Assisted-by` tags), and there=
 are
already multiple subsystems that are being developed in-part, or full, by L=
LM
agents.

See the LWN discussion: https://lwn.net/Articles/1026558/

`b4` has also incorperated llm agents for the review workflow.
https://b4.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/maintainer/review.html#configuration

b4 is also heavily developed by Claude these days.

I don't think we can reasonably argue that Linux is not free software, and I
don't think we can argue for forking Linux to remove llm generated code.

My take on this is mostly apathy. I don't think we can reasonably challenge=
 the
use in the FOSS community. The productivity boost of experienced developers
using these is too appealing when we are looking at overburdened FOSS
maintainers.

We've aleady been repeadetly DDoSed by these companies. Spending hundreds of
volunteers hours keeping our services running while the companies extract t=
he
labour to sell back to the FOSS community, using their standing in the Linux
Foundation to further cement their usage in our communities.

Then the FOSS communities use these models without any care of the ethical =
considerations.

Is this depressing? Yes.

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Morten Linderud
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