GamingOnLinux reports that KDE’s effort to write LLM contribution guidelines stalled after Nate Graham’s ‘Proposed KDE LLM guidelines,’ opened September 19, was closed September 21 following heavy pushback. The draft would allow limited LLM use under a ‘don’t be lazy’ rule requiring a human in the loop, output indistinguishable from the contributor’s own work, a ban on vibe-coded or throwaway changes and commit text, and no ‘Assisted-by’ tags or LLM-written replies, with AI agents told to stop and refer their operator to kde.org/donate. Graham said he will try again after more feedback and may restrict the next proposal to KDE developers, while commenters objected on quality, accountability, and environmental and societal grounds.
KDE's attempt at LLM contribution guidelines stalls amid developer pushback
GamingOnLinux reports that KDE's effort to write LLM contribution guidelines stalled after Nate Graham's 'Proposed KDE LLM guidelines,' opened September 19, was closed September 21 following heavy pushback. The draft would allow limited LLM use under a 'don't be lazy' rule requiring a human in the loop, output indistinguishable from the contributor's own work, a ban on vibe-coded or throwaway changes and commit text, and no 'Assisted-by' tags or LLM-written replies, with AI agents told to stop and refer their operator to kde.org/donate. Graham said he will try again after more feedback and may restrict the next proposal to KDE developers, while commenters objected on quality, accountability, and environmental and societal grounds.
Source: Gamingonlinux