NetBSD bans all commits of AI-generated code

https://lemmy.ca/post/21303181

NetBSD bans all commits of AI-generated code - Lemmy.ca

> New development policy: code generated by a large language model or similar technology (e.g. ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot) is presumed to be tainted (i.e. of unclear copyright, not fitting NetBSD’s licensing goals) and cannot be committed to NetBSD. > > https://www.NetBSD.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html [https://www.NetBSD.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html]

Ok but how is anyone meant to know if you generated your docstrings using copilot?
I’m saddened to use this phrase but it is literally virtue signalling. They have no way of knowing lmao
It's also probably to make things slightly simpler from a legal perspective.
That makes sense yes