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New development policy: code generated by a large language model or similar technology (e.g. ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot) is presumed to be tainted (i.e. of unclear copyright, not fitting NetBSD's licensing goals) and cannot be committed to NetBSD. https://www.NetBSD.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html

New development policy: code generated by a large language model or similar technology (e.g. ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot) is presumed to be tainted (i.e. of unclear copyright, not fitting NetBSD’s licensing goals) and cannot be committed to NetBSD.

https://www.NetBSD.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html

    • Terces@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      2 months ago

      How do they know that you wrote it yourself and didn’t just steal it?

      This is a rule to protect themselves. If there is ever a case around this, they can push the blame to the person that committed the code for breaking that rule.

      • Destide@feddit.uk
        English
        12·
        2 months ago

        This is the only reason rules exist, not to stop people doing a thing but to be able to enforce or defect responsibility when they do.

    • Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      256·
      2 months ago

      I’m saddened to use this phrase but it is literally virtue signalling. They have no way of knowing lmao

      • best_username_ever@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        It’s actually simple to detect: if the code sucks or is written by a bad programmer, and the docstrings are perfect, it’s AI. I’ve seen this more than once and it never fails.

        • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
          1·
          2 months ago

          So your results are biased, because you’re not going to see the decent programmers who are just using it to take mundane tasks off their back (like generating boilerplate functions) while staying in control of the logic. You’re only ever going to catch the noobs trying to cheat without fully understanding what it is they’re doing.

          • best_username_ever@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            You’re only ever going to catch the noobs.

            That’s the fucking point. Juniors must learn, not copy paste random stuff. I don’t care what seniors do.

    • ceasarlegsvin@kbin.social
      74·
      2 months ago

      Because they’ll be shit?

      Docstrings based on the method signature and literal contents of a method or class are completely pointless, and that’s all copilot can do. It can’t Intuit anything that docstrings are actually there for.