On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 10:36:04AM +0200, Gard Spreemann wrote: > Gard Spreemann <[email protected]> writes: > > > "Theodore Tso" <[email protected]> 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
