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+---
+title: Generative AI Policy
+date:  "2026-09-08T09:00:00+10:00"
+draft: false
+aliases:
+  /slop
+---
+
+Generative AI tools using large language models (LLMs) are widespread
+in software development today. While we acknowledge that these tools
+do have uses cases, LLMs engender harms to the pillars of Asahi Linux:
+software freedom, the open-source community, the open Internet, the
+environment, digital privacy, user consent, and software developers
+themselves. For more information on the ethical issues of LLM use
+in open source, we recommend reading [SourceHut's policy](https://sourcehut.org/blog/2026-08-27-tos-changes-and-llms/)
+
+Furthermore, Asahi Linux relies on [clean room reverse engineering](https://asahilinux.org/copyright)
+to ensure our work is legal. We have strict guardrails around
+binary disassembly and decompilation, and we absolutely forbid
+the use of leaked materials. While general questions around
+LLMs and copyright remain unsettled, LLMs pose unique legal risks to
+reverse engineering projects, as these systems are likely to violate
+the clean room requirements and taint the resulting code. This risk
+is amplified with "agentic" approaches, where the human may
+be unaware of the reverse engineering process. In reverse engineering
+and science _how_ knowledge is obtained is just as important as the
+knowledge itself.
+
+Due to these legal and ethical issues, we broadly forbid the use of
+generative AI tooling for material contributions to Asahi Linux.
+Enforcement may vary depending on the seriousness of the infraction.
+A GitHub issue drafted by an LLM may simply be closed with reference
+to this policy. A contributor using an LLM to interpret a trace
+made using the m1n1 hypervisor may be issued with a first and final
+warning. A contributor found to have concealed extensive LLM use will
+be banned immediately, particularly if they may have accessed unreleased
+Apple material.