Debian's Generative AI Vote Resolves to 'Responsible Use' — and Explicitly Discourages Disclosing That You Used AI
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Debian's General Resolution closed August 29 with Option 5, 'Responsible Use of Generative AI,' winning the Condorcet ballot with 281 votes out of a 1,045-developer electorate; all eight options cleared the 48.49 quorum. The text holds contributors to identical quality, correctness and legal standards regardless of tool, and puts responsibility on the submitter — but it discourages rather than mandates disclosing AI use, which is the opposite of the Linux kernel's attribution requirement. The two stricter anti-AI options (1 and 3) lost to 'None of the Above,' and the HN thread hit 490 points and 456 comments.