AI policy

[Justinzobel]

I feel like Servo really needs to bring clarity to their AI stance.

#36379 says they have done so.

https://book.servo.org/contributing/getting-started.html#ai-contributions says no

But they are sponsored by an AI company "TestMu AI" https://servo.org/#sponsors

Also hosted on GitHub which tends to try to force AI onto users at most turns.

[Taym95]

The AI policy is about contributions to Servo made using AI and LLMs, github helps make Servo accessible to everyone who wants to contribute, including newcomers, using github or accepting sponsorship doesn’t change those contribution rules.

I think the policy is clear, do not submit AI generated contributions to Servo, including code generated by LLMs or coding agents.

[Justinzobel]

Being on the internet makes servo available to everyone who wants to contribute. Using a forge that promotes/pushes AI is counter to the policy.

Accepting sponsorship from AI-focused companies is also somewhat counter to the policy.

I really wish more projects would take a more firm stance. FOSS is a stance after all.

[Taym95]

Being on the internet makes servo available to everyone who wants to contribute. Using a forge that promotes/pushes AI is counter to the policy.

Accepting sponsorship from AI-focused companies is also somewhat counter to the policy.

I really wish more projects would take a more firm stance. FOSS is a stance after all.

I agree with you. We can make a separate AI policy for that, but the current AI policy is only for contribution.