Debian launches competing General Resolutions on LLM usage in Debian code
Rationale Debian has a well-earned reputation for stability. This stability is crucial to Debian's position in the free software ecosystem. 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.
- ▪Rationale Debian has a well-earned reputation for stability.
- ▪This stability is crucial to Debian's position in the free software ecosystem.
- ▪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.
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General Resolution: LLM usage in Debian Time Line Proposal A Proposer Proposal A Seconds Proposal A Proposal B Proposer Proposal B Seconds Proposal B Time Line Discussion Period: 2026-07-24 Proposal A Proposer Matthias Geiger [[email protected]] [text of proposal] Proposal A Seconds Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues [[email protected]] [mail] Antoine Le Gonidec [[email protected]] [mail] Simon Richter [[email protected]] [mail] David Bremner [[email protected]] [mail] Pierre-Elliott Bécue [[email protected]] [mail] Ian Jackson [[email protected]] [mail] Amin Bandali [[email protected]] [mail] Proposal A Choice 1 Preamble This proposal aims to expressly forbid any contributions to Debian written with the use or assistance of large language models (LLMs) or other generative AI tools.
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