[Board] Concerning LLM slope happening on PostGIS

[Even Rouault]

Jeroen,

thanks for your answer and your remainder of the fundamentally 
human-centered nature of our community. I fully support discussions in 
the community to debate on how to address this brutal incursion of this 
new technology  that deserves extreme care into our projects (and far 
beyond...)

Kind regards,

Even

Le 24/06/2026 à 22:44, Jeroen Ticheler a écrit :
> Dear Even,
>
> Thank you for taking time to contact us on the topic of using AI in 
> OSGeo projects. This topic has our full attention and we want you to 
> know we take your concerns very serious.
>
> As a board, and as a foundation, we will not take a position in wether 
> or not a project adopts or bans AI generated contributions to a 
> project. That is for the PSC and community to decide.
>
> We plan to run a Bird of a Feather session at both FOSS4G Europe and 
> FOSS4G 2026 Hiroshima to have a direct conversation on the topic.
>
> We do feel strongly that (Agentic) AI should not be considered as 
> subject to the Code of Conduct of OSGeo or any of its projects. We are 
> a community of human beings that use computer systems, but always 
> under human responsibility and supervision.
>
> We do also wish to offer a listening ear and organise meetings to 
> jointly work towards sustained and positive collaboration within OSGeo 
> project communities if those involved in the debate feel that is 
> something to pursue.
>
> Looking forward to hear from you if you are open to this.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jeroen
>
>> On 21 Jun 2026, at 14:14, Even Rouault via Board 
>> <board at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi board,
>>
>> In case you haven't seen it, it seems the PostGIS project has 
>> embraced LLM tools at an industrial (= inhuman) scale. Very 
>> concerning discussion thread at 
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2026-June/thread.html#30773 
>> , and in the last few days a rage of opened (and merged) pull 
>> requests. See my message at 
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2026-June/030844.html
>>
>> LLMs are destroying our communities: not an opinion, just a fact.
>>
>> Even
>>
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>> My software is free, but my time generally not.
>> LLMs contribute to global warming
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