April 11, 2026 at 5:38 AM, "Amos Jeffries" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Amos%20Jeffries%22%20%3Csquid3%40treenet.co.nz%3E > wrote:
> > On 11/04/2026 01:31, jbranso wrote: > > > > > I'm assuming that the Hurd's current policy is not to accept AI contributed > > code. > > Opperating under that assumption, I'll add a patch to the wiki documented > > that we are ok with AI to debug the Hurd codebase, but NOT to write code. > > Thanks, > > Joshua > > > I recall there being issues with peoples patches to some of the Hurd related > GNU projects not being merged due to copyright assignment issues. I don't believe that this is an issue. I have been contributed to the hurd wiki for years (without copyright assignment). When I submitted my first contribution to the Hurd manual, Samuel would not merge my patches until I had assigned copyright. So I'm pretty sure Samuel would catch anyone trying to contribute without assignment. > I'm not sure who is in charge of Hurd legal matters, but it would be worth > checking with them for anything like the above, to document as relevant for > AI generated code. > > HTH > Amos I do wonder what the FSF will encourage GNU package maintainers about A.I. I assume that they do not want AI contributions, but I do not know if they have released an official statement or not. I know Linus just allowed AI contribution to Linux: https://docs.kernel.org/process/coding-assistants.html Thanks, Joshua
