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charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 10/14/25 5:39 PM, Collin Funk wrote: > Alejandro Colomar writes: > >> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar >> --- >> >> Hi! >> >> I've already been DDoSed in my own home server by AI crawlers (which is >> the reason I decided to move the HTTPS server to port 80, just to break >> links and stop the madness. I could install Anubis, but I'll resist for >> some time. >> >> So far, I haven't noticed any contributors using AI. Probably, the >> combination of relatively few people contributing documentation, >> combined with still working on a mailing list, has helped us avoid the >> wave of AI contributions. >> >> However, it's better to take preventive measures. AI is entirely banned >> in this project. The guidelines are clear and concise. > > It might be good to provide a sentence or two of reasoning, to avoid > repeated questions on the list. > > My main concern with accepting AI contributions is the current lack of > legislation and case law in the United States with respect to the > copyright-ability of the output. I also don't trust AI answers much, but > that theoretically could change in the future as technology improves (or > less people blindly trust the output). ... and what about EU contributors? Upstream has to deal with the complex jurisdictional intersection of laws. I recommend simple and easy to follow policy. -- Cheers, Carlos.