Hi, I think it’s a good point to mention that. Maybe it can also be mentioned in a development section of the readme of a repository.
Regards, Manuel > Am 06.02.2026 um 18:13 schrieb Norman Breau via dev <[email protected]>: > > Hi all... > > Just starting a discussion about generative AI usage, feel like maybe > we need to figure out a policy potentially, and have it actually > written somewheres. > > As we see more PRs that from new contributors that appears to be AI- > assisted, or completely AI controlled. I think this might turn into a > problem later on. AI is obviously an useful tool but it can also be > maliciously used. Especially when there is a monetary reward involved > (e.g. bug bounties). > > As far as Apache[1] is concerned, AI is allowed, provided that > > 1) the tool terms of use does not restrict the use of the generated > content or otherwise be inconsistent with the "Open Source Definition" > 2) No copyright material is produced by the AI. > > Ultimately through, Apache leaves it up for projects to decide how they > want to handle the AI policy. Just if we allow AI, then we should > ensure we don't break the few guidelines Apache does have in place. > > In order for us to confirm that the tool being used satisfies what > Apache allows, perhaps we should require contributors to use a > "Generated-By: <TOOL>" in the commit message, at the very least. > > "When providing contributions authored using generative AI tooling, a > recommended practice is for contributors to indicate the tooling used > to create the contribution. This should be included as a token in the > source control commit message, for example including the phrase > “Generated-by: ”. This allows for future release tooling to be > considered that pulls this content into a machine parsable Tooling- > Provenance file." > > If we suspect a PR is generated by AI, we can respectively ask the > contributor to confirm. > > So my actionable proposals is to: > 1) update our PULL_REQUEST templates to include a new checklist item: > "Properly declared AI tool via Generated-by, if applicable" > 2) Update the Contributor Guidelines[3] to include a section regarding > the use of generative AI. > > [1] > https://www.apache.org/legal/generative-tooling.html#include-in-contributions > [2] https://opensource.org/osd/ > [3] https://cordova.apache.org/contribute/contribute_guidelines.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
