open-source-ai-contribution-policies

# open-source-ai-contribution-policies

A list of policies by different open source projects about how to engage with AI-generated contributions.

**Feel free to submit Pull Requests with policies you find in other projects!**

## Similar projects

- For a similar overview with plots and more statistics, check out this excellent article by Kate Holterhoff: [The Generative AI Policy Landscape in Open Source](https://redmonk.com/kholterhoff/2026/02/26/generative-ai-policy-landscape-in-open-source/)
- The CHAOSS Working Group on AI Alignment also keeps a list here: https://github.com/chaoss/wg-ai-alignment/tree/main/moderation
- A list of software that has taken steps to reject AI in its development processes: https://codeberg.org/brib/slopfree-software-index

## Policies

The classification in the columns below is, in many cases, inadequate. It serves only as a general guide and should not be taken as the source of truth.



Project | Policy link | AI/LLMs allowed? | Disclosure required? | Policy includes copyright statement? | Requires human in the loop? | Notes
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
[Adwaita](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libadwaita) | [Use of Generative AI](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libadwaita/-/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md?ref_type=heads#use-of-generative-ai) | No | - | - | - |
[Alacritty](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty) | [LLM/"AI" Contributions](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#llmai-contributions) | No | - | - | - |
[Allium](https://allium.moongarden.dev) | [AI Contributions](https://github.com/moongardenmods/allium/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#ai-contributions) | No | - | - | - | -
[Amberol](https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/amberol) | [Use of Generative AI](https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/amberol/-/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#use-of-generative-ai) | No | - | Yes | - | Use of AI to "answer questions and find information" permitted but strongly discouraged in favour of "existing documentation" and "chats and forums"
[Apache Airflow](https://airflow.apache.org/) | [Gen-AI Assisted contributions](https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/contributing-docs/05_pull_requests.rst#gen-ai-assisted-contributions) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [Add Copilot code review instructions to catch AI-slop PRs#62442](https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/62442)
[Apache CouchDB](https://couchdb.apache.org) | [Contribution Guidelines](https://github.com/apache/couchdb/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#artificial-intelligence-and-large-language-models-contributions-policy) | No | - | - | - |
[Apache DataFusion](https://datafusion.apache.org) | [AI-Assisted contributions](https://datafusion.apache.org/contributor-guide/index.html#ai-assisted-contributions) | Yes | No | No | Yes | [Better ways to contribute than an AI dump](https://datafusion.apache.org/contributor-guide/index.html#better-ways-to-contribute-than-an-ai-dump)
[Apache Kvrocks](https://kvrocks.apache.org/) | [Guidelines for AI-assisted Contributions](https:/