Re: Ballot option: Debian is created by humans
On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 10:36:04AM +0200, Gard Spreemann wrote:
> Gard Spreemann <gspr@nonempty.org> writes:
>
> > "Theodore Tso" <tytso@mit.edu> writes:
> >
> >> On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 04:10:00PM -0500, Gard Spreemann wrote:
> >>> The proposal deals with *direct* contributions to Debian, including, but
> >>> not limited to:
> >>>
> >>> * Debian packaging
> >>> * Submissions (messages, bug reports, patches, etc.) to the BTS, Salsa,
> >>> mailing lists and other Debian platforms
> >>> * Debian project software
> >>> * Debian infrastructure
> >>> * Debian web resources
> >>
> >> What is meant by "Debian infrastructure" or "Debian web resources".
> >
> > I meant computers run by the project, and web services run by the
> > project.
>
> In light of other people reading my distinction between "direct" and
> "indirectly" differently than I had intended, I should clarify: The
> above is not intended to forbid Debian from running in its
> infrastructure software that has AI-generated parts, as long as those
> are upstream parts of that software. Say for example a HTTP server. That
> AI is *indirectly* a part of Debian (or in this case the Debian
> infrastructure). Software written directly *for* Debian infrastructure,
> on the other hand, would be affected. Think for example a
> (Debian-bespoke) web service backend serving some of the requests of the
> above HTTP server.
The same applies when replacing "HTTP server" with "AI agent" in your example.
> Best,
> Gard
cu
Adrian
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