We have updated Flathub's LLM policy to explicitly disallow AI usage for both the submission process and applications being submitted.

https://github.com/flathub-infra/documentation/commit/992f57b30de98ddbd5e80959e9672998c83c8c97

I've had some reservations about it, so the wording before that commit was relatively milder. I know it's an unpopular opinion on the Fediverse, but I do think LLMs are inevitable, and the reality is that you can expect less organically grown code as time goes on. I believe it can be a useful tool in and outside FOSS; I hoped we will see a larger number of apps where authors made some effort beyond prompting an agent. Meanwhile, the number of unpleasant interactions I've had with entitled submitters acting as if they were bestowing their brilliant software upon us idiots who are rejecting it went through the roof in the last month. I'm tired.

As always, we are not applying this retroactively, so any vibecoded apps which were already published will remain available.

The municipality of #Groningen in The Netherlands is investigating a switch from Microsoft to Linux 🇳🇱🔥

" It is unknown which Linux operating system the municipality will use. This is part of measures to become less dependent on big tech."

https://tweakers.net/nieuws/249114/gemeente-groningen-onderzoekt-overstap-van-windows-naar-linux.html

#digitalsovereignty #TheNetherlands #opensource #bigtech #eupolicy

Affaire Lyhanna : la démission d’un ministre ne doit plus être un tabou

Depuis dix jours, Gérald Darmanin balaie les appels à la démission, pour mieux évacuer la question de sa responsabilité politique. Un principe bien français, qu’Emmanuel Macron a poussé à son paroxysme ces dernières années en organisant méthodiquement l’irresponsabilité du pouvoir.

Par @ellensalvi › https://l.mediapart.fr/uad

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/116680653273523415

Good news. After massive public backlash from both retail & pension funds, S&P Dow Jones Indices announced that it will keep its existing eligibility requirements for benchmarks including the S&P 500, closing the door to fast entry for big tech IPOs like SpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI and delaying billions of dollars in flows from passive funds. This is will save retail investors retirement savings going to scam companies. SpaceX, Other Mega IPOs Denied Fast Index Entry by S&P https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/spacex-other-mega-ipos-denied-223529619.html

Pasting a huge AI generated explanation to a problem in an issue or pull-request is nothing but RUDE. Don't do it. You look stupid and the receivers of that feel insulted.

We are humans. We communicate like humans. Fine, use the tools you like, but don't insult us.