[gdal-dev] Tightening AI based submission policy

[ElPaso]

Il 16/10/26 01:12, Nyall Dawson via gdal-dev ha scritto:
> Hi list,
>
> I'd like to propose that the GDAL project tighten its current policy 
> regarding submission of AI assisted contributions.
>
> Currently the proposal is per 
> https://gdal.org/en/stable/community/ai_tool_policy.html#ai-tool-policy, 
> which sounds like a fair and safe policy. However, we've seen the GDAL 
> community torn apart recently even with this policy in place, so I'd 
> argue that the policy is too permissive and is placing too much burden 
> on project maintainers.
>
> I'd also argue strongly that there's been a net loss in the 
> sustainability, stability and security of the GDAL project in recent 
> months, as a direct result of this.
>
> For reference, the QGIS project introduced a moratorium on all forms 
> of AI developed submissions (see 
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/blob/master/qep-408-ai-tool-policy.md), 
> which is now quite a blunt policy: "No LLM, AI or agent assisted code 
> contributions are allowed in the https://github.com/qgis/qgis 
> repository. If we subsequently discover that you have used an AI, LLM, 
> or any agent-based workflow for your contribution, you will be subject 
> to code reversion and contributor rights sanctioning.".  This is 
> intended as a way to block all forms of ai based submissions, until 
> the project has had time to properly step back and thoughtfully see 
> how they impact on open-source development (at which stages interested 
> parties are invited to start discussions on how to suitably and 
> sustainably loosen this policy).
>
> Perhaps a similar stance could be adapted for GDAL? To reiterate -- 
> this may not be a permanent, forever ban on AI based submissions. It's 
> a moratorium designed to protect the project and community until we 
> can move forward safely.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Nyall


I am 100% ok with this policy change.


In QGIS we are still discussing whether to open the policy to allow AI 
usage to a selected experienced developers but as long as the copyright 
issue isn't resolved I believe we should stay with a strict NO AI 
GENERATED OR WRITTEN CODE OR TEXT ARE ALLOWED.


Thank you Nyall for restarting this discussion!


-- 
Alessandro Pasotti
w3: www.itopen.it