diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 97c15a1a..6743c57d 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -34,6 +34,29 @@ There are no strict guidelines. - Test your changes, and tell us what you did do, and what you did not do. +“AI”-assisted changes +--------------------- + +> [!NOTE] +> Using pre-existing **boilerplate**, **snippets**, or **syntax suggestions** from your IDE are not considered as “AI”-assisted changes. + +Contributions written largely with help of LLMs (*Large Language Models*), other “AI” (or non-“AI”), or similar systems are not welcome. +Such systems of concern are generally using statistical models built on “knowledge” acquired for the purpose without express consent, and with disregard of the authorship and attribution. + +This includes, but is not limited to: + + - Using them to generate comments + - Using them to generate documentation + - Using them to generate code + +Contributions should be largely authored by the people in the commit information, e.g. the `Committer,` `Author`, `Signed-off-by`, and `Co-authored-by` fields, exclusively. + +If you are unsure, or you had help from automated “AI”-generation in *part* of your contribution, please tell us when contributing. +It does not mean the contribution will be rejected outright. +We will evaluate on a case-by-case basis. +We value honesty, and take it into consideration. + + Other resources ---------------