If contributor policies are enough to make projects "dead in the water" for you, the rest of Linux' desktop efforts will leave you appalled.
replyWhy?
replyBecause the desktop Linux stack is replete with LLM-related contributor policies.
replyIt's okay to have policies against shitty code, blatant copyright violations or being an ass.
replyIt's not okay to ban tool use when a person is honest about it. The only thing you can achieve with a ban is that people will learn to lie about it and conceal it better.
It's not my policy, and I don't personally agree with many/most of them.
replyBut they do objectively exist in many desktop Linux projects. If you are the sort of person that sees software as "dead in the water" from AI prohibition, desktop Linux will feel like a mausoleum compared to macOS or Windows.
Contributor policies that ban LLM use wholesale. Not contributor policies in general.
replySo many people are clinging to practices that are rapidly becoming antiquated. Even Linus had to put his foot down and had to stop the ideologues from attempting to stop AI use in the linux kernel.