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Debian. Is. Love. 🌀❤️
Good, no more slop!
They voted to allow it :'(
One reason more to stick to debian
They voted to allow it :'(
Uff :(
Debian neither endorses nor prohibits the use of generative AI tools in the development, maintenance, or documentation of software, packaging, documentation
RIP Debian’s copy left status :(
So now it’s going to just violate copyrights
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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Votes-Responsible-AI-Use
Option 5: “Responsible Use of Generative AI”
It hasn’t aged well.
Good luck not using the kernel?
So, no more Linux Kernel? Lol?
You joke, but they have built experimental Debian builds on at least one non-Linux kernel. I don’t know how far an AI split in the FOSS community will go, but there are more options than you would think. And when the bubble pops, it’s more likely the people that still have money after will be the ones not in the AI camp.
What has money to do with this?
Anyway, I personally rather bet on the project’s founder’s stance.
FOSS has had a funding problem forever, and AI has made it exponentially worse by increasing the review and maintenance burden on volunteer maintainers and the infrastructure burden with scraping and agentic build workflows. The projects that are surviving best are the ones that have a funding source, which is typically businesses that financially benefit from the software (there are of course exceptions).
When the AI bubble pops, companies are going to be pulling back on all spending, so I expect donations to FOSS projects/foundations to get tight. The ones that will still be spending are the ones that will still have money to spend, and I don’t expect diverse views on AI to be distributed equally across those survivors.
Debian is one contender I might migrate too, depending on how this all pans out and how other distros handle AI.
