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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/hyc/statuses/116274100279140311">Howard Chu @ Symas (hyc@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Mar-2026 08:21:16 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hyc" title="hyc@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/29613-48-20221117233524.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Howard Chu @ Symas" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Howard Chu @ Symas</a></section><article><p>Reminder: AI "generated" code is 100% plagiarized. You must not accept code of unknown provenance into your code base. Doing so opens you up to potential copyright infringement lawsuits. Nobody needs a repeat of the SCO vs IBM lawsuit over ownership of Unix.</p><p>Accepting AI-assisted code is just legally untenable. That's black and white, there's nothing to debate. Projects that accept it are idiots and should be shunned. <br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hyc/114777864519941643" rel="nofollow">https://mastodon.social/@hyc/114777864519941643</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6259184#notice-12334844">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-03-23T08:21:16+09:00" title="Monday, 23-Mar-2026 08:21:16 JST">about 17 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hyc/116274100279140311" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hyc/116274100279140311">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hyc/114777864519941643">Howard Chu @ Symas (@hyc@mastodon.social)</a></h5><div> from <span>Howard Chu @ Symas</span></div></header><div>@c8h4@fosstodon.org @dalias@hachyderm.io yeah that looks like a pretty wish-washy policy. I'll stick with the OpenLDAP Project's policy - we only accept contributions from the original author, no 3rd party contributions. No AI-generated code is original, therefore it's all prohibited.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Howard Chu @ Symas (hyc@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Mar-2026 08:21:16 JST Howard Chu @ Symas
Reminder: AI "generated" code is 100% plagiarized. You must not accept code of unknown provenance into your code base. Doing so opens you up to potential copyright infringement lawsuits. Nobody needs a repeat of the SCO vs IBM lawsuit over ownership of Unix.
Accepting AI-assisted code is just legally untenable. That's black and white, there's nothing to debate. Projects that accept it are idiots and should be shunned.

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  @c8h4@fosstodon.org @dalias@hachyderm.io yeah that looks like a pretty wish-washy policy. I'll stick with the OpenLDAP Project's policy - we only accept contributions from the original author, no 3rd party contributions. No AI-generated code is original, therefore it's all prohibited.

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