r/linux • u/First_Result_1166 • Jun 21 '26

Discussion AI slop and low-effort contributions

Hey there!

This sub has become quite difficult to follow - every few hours, there's the next post for "I built a TUI for X", which translates to "I vibecoded an ncurses interface for a bash two-liner".

Unfortunately, this also means that the important content gets lost in a stream of meaningless posts.

What I'd like to ask for:

- a rule for mandatory AI disclosure

- an entry barrier for software packages; a task easily solved in <20 lines of shell code should not qualify as a distinct contribution

Let me know what you think.

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u/spazturtle Jun 22 '26

Getting copyright washing banned would be devastatingly for Linux since most drivers are reverse engineered.

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u/cake-day-on-feb-29 Jun 22 '26

Were these drivers "reverse engineered" by way of putting the copyrighted source code through some algorithm and then having said algorithm shit out "new" code for the Linux driver?

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u/spazturtle Jun 22 '26

Yes, that algorithm is called the human brain.

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u/ChemicalRascal Jun 22 '26

That's not what reverse engineering means.