glibc AI policy
Florian Weimer
fw@deneb.enyo.de
Sun Apr 5 09:06:08 GMT 2026
* Jeffrey Law:
> On 4/2/2026 12:56 PM, Collin Funk wrote:
>> DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> writes:
>>
>>> Given that GNU is a USA-based project, and that the copyright status of
>>> AI in the USA is still... "nebulous at best"... it might take time to
>>> figure out whether or not we can accept that first AI patch that comes
>>> along. Better to take that time now so we can respond more quickly
>>> then.
>> The copyright situation is the reason I am against tentatively accepting
>> patches while waiting for a more official policy from the FSF. Thanks
>> for mentioning that.'
> Yea, that's where I'd land as well. Until the copyright situation is
> better understood I would not accept any LLM generated code that is
> outside the de-minimis guidelines set by the FSF.
Has the FSF communicated this (not accepting LLM-generated
contributions for now) to the glibc stewards? Why would the
de-minimis guidelines apply, anyway? I assume those are about not
diluting the copyright assignment, but that's hardly a concern for GNU
components accepting contributions under the DCO.
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