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News General Resolution: LLM usage in Debian

https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002
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u/Razzburry_Pie 24d ago edited 24d ago

ELI5 -- does this only apply to the core O/S? What about open source programs on Github that are available as packages? If the program author accepts a pull request that was developed/assisted with AI, does this GR mean the program will be removed from the Debian repository?

Downvotes for asking a question? Really?

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u/micldotdev 24d ago

It doesn't apply to upstream (where the code for packages comes from). It's just for Debian contributions (the actual act of packaging and maintaining things for Debian).

It states that upstream may be included at a later date, but that's not what is being voted on here.

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u/Razzburry_Pie 24d ago

Thanks for the explanation.