[QGIS-Developer] Floating an idea: ban AI based contributed from non-core developers?

[Roy]

On Sat, 2026-04-11 at 18:20 +1000, Nyall Dawson via QGIS-Developer
wrote:
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> Advance warning: Emotional reply.
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> Why, as a society, can we recognise that it's generally a BAD THING
> that AI has destroyed the livelihoods of graphic artists and
> musicians, but are BLIND to the impact it is having on professional
> software developers? Why MUST we be welcoming and warm to the people
> who are vandalising OUR form of art, and making it impossible for us
> to continue in the industry that we've devoted our lives to? 
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> I'm sorry, but I have absolutely NO sympathy for a new ai-slop
> contributor to open source. Just like I have no sympathy toward
> someone flooding spotify with AI written music, making it impossible
> for real artists to make a living.
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> Screw that. It's already thankless enough to be an open source
> maintainer. Now it's even worse.
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> Look after the people who have devoted YEARS of their lives to open
> source, or you'll lose those.
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> /me out
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I understand what you’re saying. I’m just a regular user, but I truly
appreciate your work and I agree with you completely.

Thank you again, Nyall.