[gdal-dev] Proposed RFC 8 amendment regarding (prohibited use of) generative AI tools

[Even Rouault]

Hi,

I propose we update RFC 8 with the following changes: 
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/10958

Can we enforce that? No (similarly we can't prevent someone from 
stealing copyrighted material from source code of proprietary software 
they have access to, or "re-license" or "forget" copyright attribution 
of open source code without authorization), but at least we set the policy.

This is admittedly a highly controversial topic. Debian for example has 
had related discussions but didn't come with a position for now, whereas 
Gentoo banned use of generative AI: https://lwn.net/Articles/972331/

It seems more prudent to me to ban for now, and potentially relax in the 
future, when/if the legal status of this becomes clearer. (not even 
mentioning the ethical or environmental impact sides of such tools)

Even

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