[Incubator] Add GOAT by Plan4Better as OSgeo Project

[Even Rouault]

Le 02/10/2026 à 21:50, Elias Pajares a écrit :
> Hi Even,
>
> What a warm welcome 😉
Nothing personal. I give the same welcome in similar situations
>
> I understand that you might be concerned. However, I would like to 
> outline our perspective:
>
>  *
>     It becomes increasingly standard to use AI for assisting when
>     coding. Which means it can hardly be stopped but I would rather
>     argue we need rules to make it work.
>
I'm despaired by how people easily give up their free will.
>
>  *
>     We use coding assistants but review and test by hand. From my
>     experience this combination can even raise the quality.
>
My experience is that reviewing code generate by coding assistants make 
your brain lazy
>
>  *
>     I am not a lawyer but using a coding agent is by our knowledge not
>     affecting the effectiveness of our GPL 3.0 license.
>
Well, you should have a look at 
https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2026-October/040416.html . 
This is still moving target but the current interpretation is that code 
generated by machines isn't copyrighteable.

I see AI as an existential threat.

Even

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