EFF policy says bots can code but humans must write the docs

EFF policy says bots can code but humans must write the docs

: 'Just trust us' – Big Tech's hackneyed catchphrase makes an unwelcome return

LLM wrote it? Fine, but show us human documentation, demands EFF

'Just trust us' – Big Tech's hackneyed catchphrase makes an unwelcome return The Electronic Frontier Foundation says it will accept LLM generated code from contributors to its open source projects but will draw the line at non-human generated comments and documentation. . . .

The open source world can write its own rules for AI… and nobody has to ask permission

Two Open Source + AI policy posts in 24 hours, MicroPython now requires AI disclosure on every pull request. The EFF just published their own policy for LLM-assisted contributions to their open source projects, neither one is a ban, both require transparency. MicroPython’s approach is a checkbox: did you use AI, yes or no, and if yes, a human better have actually reviewed the code. The EFF’s version goes further into the ‘why’: maintainer burnou…