[OSGeo-Discuss] AI/LLM discussion thread

[erentar2002]

I like how matplotlib handles it 
https://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/contribute.html#generative-ai
This has been inspired by the linux policy itself as well
Also see 
https://github.com/PrismLauncher/PrismLauncher/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md

I'd normally be in favour of banning LLM usage entirely, and many 
projects have done so with great success, however I fear that banning it 
entirely may end up pushing people to use it but hide it, which may be 
worse.

LLM output has been becoming more difficult to recognise, it makes less 
mistakes, however the mistakes it makes are well hidden and takes effort 
to dig out. Having it be declared in the open which code is computer 
generated and which code has been carefully written will allow the 
maintainer to look sufficiently critically when needed.

I'd be in favour of excluding fully computer generated code. For mixed 
code cases or where an LLM has been consulted, this falls into a more 
grey area, and it should be declared.

On 25/06/2026 19:43, Even Rouault via Discuss wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The most surprising thing is that this thread has not yet been opened 
> and isn't hundreds of messages long! but this is similar to bug 
> reporting: "how come nobody has not yet reported this issue? I can't 
> be the first one to hit it for sure" ;-) I hope people still follow 
> this list...
>
> Anyway, I let the floor open to anyone who want to talk about they 
> feel about the subject, what approaches they have taken, their 
> enthusiasm and/or concerns, if that's something that is just in the 
> responsibility of each project or if some common positions can emerge, 
> etc.
>
> Even
>
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