Debian developers opened a formal General Resolution to decide whether to permit contributors to use large language models and generative AI tools in project work. The proposal seeks to expressly forbid AI-assisted code contributions.
That's some response: https:// lists.debian.org/debian-projec t/2026/08/msg00041.html # debian
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Debian developers are considering a general resolution on AI and large language model (LLM) usage within the Debian project, with five different proposals now being weighed. This follows the project's recent formal consideration of AI policy.
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This will be unpopular given the tsunami of posts critical of the Debian LLM resolution: https://www. org/vote/2026/vote_002 If a fraction of these posters directed their social media energy to participating in the project, they could have voted.
Debian developers voted between 2026-08-15 and 2026-08-31 to adopt "Responsible Use of Generative AI" as the project's official policy on AI-assisted contributions, neither banning nor endorsing AI tools while leaving full accountability to individual contributors.
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[AI] was going to do this as a reply, but I think making it followers-only & not a reply is probably better. I don't want to start The Discourse.
The Debian project introduced a general resolution on whether to permit large language model usage in the distribution's development. Four competing proposals split the community nearly evenly, with discussion and voting periods still pending.
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