Hello, I agree with you but unfortunately, we're way past this stage already.
The usage of AI in NuttX was started "as a normal thing to do" even before permission was requested and things were discussed on the mailing list.
This is pretty much a tainted project and it has been for months, and there is no turning back at this point.
Sebastien On 7/15/26 06:36, Lwazi Dube wrote:
Was there an option presented for those of us who want to keep our open-source projects 100% free of AI-generated code? That discussion absolutely should have happened. If there’s a link to it, please share—imposing these tools on people who didn't ask for them is not acceptable. On Wed, 1 Jul 2026 at 11:47, Matteo Golin <[email protected]> wrote:Hello everyone, NuttX still has not adopted an AI policy, and the number of substantially AI-generated contributions is continuing to grow. Recently, the Godot project adopted a new AI policy which I think is quite reasonable. [1] I would like to suggest that NuttX adopt the AI policy from Godot [1] (slightly modified for more clarity), as follows, and include it in our contribution guide: - *No autonomous AI agent use or vibe coding* - A human must be involved in the coding process if patches are submitted - *No use of AI to generate substantial pieces of code* - We require all code to be human authored. AI assistance should be limited to menial things (like code completion, regex, formatting, or find and replace). - If you do use AI in some capacity to author code, you must disclose it in the PR discussion. - *No AI-generated text in human-to-human communication* - When our maintainers volunteer their time to review your issue, PR, or proposal, they do not want to talk to a machine. This is a basic principle of respect. - Machine translations are still acceptable as long as the original content was written by a human. - This includes PR descriptions and comments. - *All PRs must be reviewed and approved by a human before merging* Please let me know your thoughts, I really think it is time to adopt this change as I am seeing more and more frequently that substantially AI-generated PRs are submitted (what is really most frustrating is its use in human-to-human communication). Best, Matteo [1]: https://godotengine.org/article/contribution-policy-2026/
