"The Fedora Council has approved AI-assisted contributions to its Linux distribution, following intense debate and subject to strict conditions. Contributors must take full accountability for their submissions and disclose AI tool usage when AI generates a significant portion of their work unchanged. Minor AI assistance, like grammar checking, doesn't require disclosure.. The policy was drafted in late September, following an AI survey in summer 2024, and was then discussed by the community."
"Accountability is that a contributor is responsible for everything they submit, whether or not it is AI-generated. Transparency was strengthened to state that "you MUST disclose the use of AI tools when the significant part of the contribution is taken from a tool without changes." Words like MUST, MAY and SHOULD in the policy are defined as in RFC 2119, used for internet standards."
Fedora Council approved rules allowing AI-assisted contributions to the Fedora Linux distribution under strict conditions. Contributors must accept full responsibility for everything they submit, including AI-generated material. Use of AI tools must be disclosed when a significant portion of a contribution is taken from a tool without changes; minor assistance such as grammar checking does not require disclosure. The policy addresses AI use in project management and Fedora's role as a platform for AI development. Any user-facing AI assistant that sends data to a remote service must be disabled by default and requires explicit, informed consent. RFC 2119 definitions apply to MUST, MAY and SHOULD. Contributions include code, documentation, social media posts, and design assets.
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