Post #4089900

2026-07-25 09:42 UTC

Debian to ban LLM, https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002. Undeniable arguments, with sources! #debian #llm > It is our belief that widespread LLM usage comes from the "move fast, and break things" attitude that, while common in many parts of this industry, is contrary to what makes Debian Debian, and is inappropriate for Debian contributors. (1/3)

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@hywan@floss.social 2026-07-25 09:42

> LLM output has very unclear legal status: it may be possible to copyright on its own merits, or not; it may be affected by all of the licenses and copyrights in the training data, or not. Debian Policy and the DFSG require absolute clarity for licensing and copyright. Software and other contributions written conventionally by humans with unclear copyright or license status are not allowed in Debian; LLM output should not have a special exception to this… (2/3)

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@RavenLuni@furry.engineer 2026-07-25 21:54

@hywan@floss.social As I never tire of saying: AI is a technological mistake.

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@simon@tutut.delire.party 2026-07-25 12:19

@hywan@floss.social still "in discussion" though, together with the opposite proposal below

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@kaixin@snac.bsd.cafe 2026-07-25 14:35

Is not it still in discussion? Options are listed but there is not "ban" or "just do it" recommendation now. CC: @hywan@floss.social

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@millie@bark.wolp.chat 2026-07-25 15:35

@hywan@floss.social This looks to be still in active discussion….. confused

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