开源项目中要不要使用大语言模型（LLM） To Use or Not to Use LLMs in Open Source Projects

Oct.29

IndustrialOpenSource

Oct.30

OpenSourceRobotics

Agenda

ToUseor

NottoUseLLMsin

OpenSourceProjects?

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Disclaimer(1)

Todayis29thofOctober,2026

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Disclaimer(2)

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Donotexpectsimpleanswers,ratherfoodforownthoughts.

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Survey(1)

WhohascontributedtoOSSrecently?

WhohasusedLLMassistanceforit?

Survey(2)

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WhoisrunninganOSSproject?

Whohasproposedorestablished

anAIpolicythere?

...thatislimitingtheusage?

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(Human)Brain-Storming

WhatcanspeakforLLMusageinOSS?

MoreBrain-Storming

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Whatmayspeakagainst

LLMusageinOSS?

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Let’sLookAround...

WhatdoprominentOSSprojectssay?

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LinuxKernel

•LLM-generatedcodeallowed

•Onlyhumansmustsign-offpatches

•Signerisresponsiblefor

•Reviewingthecode

•EnsuringGPL-2.0-onlylicensecompliance

•Attribution(Assisted-by:LLM)droppedagain

/process/coding-assistants.html

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ApacheProjects

•LLM-generatedcodeallowed

•Contributormustcheckthat

•Toolterms&conditionspermitsApache-2.0licensing

•Outputisnotcopyrightable

•...orcontainsnothird-partyfragments

•...orfragmentsarecompatiblylicensed

•LLMdisclosureisstronglyencouraged

/legal/generative-tooling.html

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OpenEuler

•LLMusageencouraged,includinggeneration

•Contributorremainsresponsible

•Strongtransparencyrequirements

•Agentplatform&model

•Promptsummary

•Originalcopyrightkept

•Systemprompttemplateavailable

/en/community/ai-coding-assistants

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Debian

•Takesneutralposition

•Acknowledgespossibleproductivitygains

•Nopositionregardinglegalquestions

•Contributorsremainfullyresponsible

/debian-devel-announce/2026/08/msg00005.html

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NeutralPosition?

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QEMU

•Research,analysis,debuggingpermitted

•NoAI-generatedcontributions

•Primaryreason:unclearlegalsituation

•Exemptionscanberequested,discussionsarewelcomed

•Atleastoneprecendencecaseaccepted(bsd-usersyscallemulation)

/docs/master/devel/code-provenance.html#use-of-ai-generated-content

(Established:June2025)

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Gentoo

•NoAI-assisstedcontributions

•Rational

•Copyrightconcerns

•Qualityconcerns

•Ethicalconcerns

/wiki/Project:Council/AI_policy

(Established:April2024)

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Nura(formelypostmarketOS)

•StrictAIban,nousage,nopromotion

•Ethicalreasons

•Resourceconsumption

•Negativeimpactonemployees

•Burdenformaintainers

•Copyrightinfringements

https://docs.nura.eco/policies-and-processes/development/ai-policy.html

(Discouraged:Oct2025,forbidden:Feb2026)

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IsThereaTrend?

•Somefurtherstrictlybanningprojects:

NetBSD,Zig,Servo,AsahiLinux,elementaryOS,GNOMEextensions,GIMP

•Botholdandfreshbans–nocleartrend

•WaymorepermitLLMusagenow

•Evenmoremayhavenopolicyyet

•RecentLinuxFoundationstudyof119projects:

35%permit,32%unclear,23%workonpolicy,10%banLLMs

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Let’sDigDeeper...

EffectsofUsingLLMs

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KernelTrends(1)

KernelTrends(2)

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/Articles/1100241

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All-InonAI

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Whatcouldpossiblygowrong?

https://programmerhumor.io/programming-memes/evillanguageinstructions

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LLMUsagevs.WorkflowSecurity

curl

https://random-tool.ai/install.sh|

[sudo]bash

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AvoidLLMsWhileAttackersAreUsingIt?

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LocalLLMsAsRiskMitigation?

http://fpond.eu/llm_cip-export.pdf

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LLMs&Copyright

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HowToRemainOneCommunity?

IstherereallynoacceptableoptionbesideforcingeverybodytoswallowthegenerativeAIpill?Nooptionforpeoplewithethicsconcerntobestillconsideredpartofthekernelcommunity?Nooptionbutcomplete

surrenderandpledgingallegiance?ThisishowIincreasinglyfeelbeingtreated,andIknowI'mnotalone.

LaurentPinchart

/ml/all/20260715174138.GI1778116@

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ClosingThoughts

•LLMsarechangingtheOSSecosystem

•Bluntbanningbecameniche

•Riskoffurtherdisruptions

•Floodofchanges,floodofvulnerabilities

•Legalissues?

•IsOSSfundingsecured?

•OSSasmoresustainableLLMusage?

•Don’tforgetthehumans!

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