20250722 - Open source projects reject AI code over copyright concerns

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Supporting kernel development with large language models https://lwn.net/Articles/1026558/ Provisions to the contribution guidelines for using LLM generated code https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers/2025-January/004257.html "As a maintainer, I expect two things from contributors" https://lobste.rs/s/gkpmli/if_ai_is_so_good_at_coding_where_are_open#c_ftombp [RFC/PATCH] SubmittingPatches: forbid use of genAI to generate changes https://lwn.net/ml/all/[email protected]/ docs: define policy forbidding use of AI code generators https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/3d40db0efc22520fa6c399cf73960dced423b048 NetBSD Commit Guidelines https://www.netbsd.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html

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If AI is so good at coding ... where are the open source contributions? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/13/if-ai-is-so-good-at-coding-where-are-the-open-source-contributions/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPu_qzv0zIA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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