From: Aaron Merey Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:47:41 +0000 (-0500) Subject: CONTRIBUTING: Add Policy on the Use of LLM-generated Content X-Git-Tag: elfutils-0.195~54 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=51092aaf6a805db0c5527b4fa6fcab7f17fc38ca;p=thirdparty%2Felfutils.git CONTRIBUTING: Add Policy on the Use of LLM-generated Content Such contributions are not being accepted at this time. See CONTRIBUTING for more information. Signed-off-by: Aaron Merey --- diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING index 1203e25b..3c5259cd 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING +++ b/CONTRIBUTING @@ -148,3 +148,25 @@ are hostile or offensive towards other committers or contributors, and don't correct their behavior after being asked by other committers will be removed as maintainer/committer. See the CONDUCT file for more information regarding the elfutils code of conduct. + +Policy on the Use of LLM-generated Content + +The elfutils project does not currently accept contributions containing +output generated by Large Language Models (LLMs). Use of LLMs to research, +analyze or debug a contribution is allowed as long as no LLM-generated +output is included in the contribution. + +There are two exceptions where LLM output may be included in a contribution: + +(1) The output consists solely of trivial changes such as spelling or +code formatting. + +(2) The LLM assists in the research or transcription of a contribution but +does not generate any of the content. This includes accessibility-related +uses of LLMs involving speech-to-text, for example. + +Contributors are not required to disclose the use of LLMs for these purposes. + +This policy may be reviewed or updated when the copyright status and +Developer's Certificate of Origin (DCO) compatibility of LLM-generated +output is clarified.