> I can't help but wonder how these policies would be enforced

One of the parties that decided on Gentoo's policy effectively said the same thing. If I get what you're really asking... the reality is, there's no way for them to know if a LLM tool was used internally, it's honor system. But I mean enforcement is just ban the contributor if they become a problem. They've banned or otherwise restricted other ones for being disruptive or spamming low quality contributions in the past.

It's worded the way it is because most of the parties understand this isn't going away and might get revisited eventually. At least one of them hardline opposes LLM contributions in any form and probably won't change their mind.

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puilp0502 2 days ago | parent [-]

I see. So if I'm understanding correctly, then this policy serves as a kind of "legal ground" from which the maintainers can take action against perpetrators, right?

To add a bit more context, when I was writing the original comment, I was mainly thinking of first-time contributors that don't have any track records, and how the policy would work against them.

	▲	joecool1029 a day ago \| parent [-]
		> I see. So if I'm understanding correctly, then this policy serves as a kind of "legal ground" from which the maintainers can take action against perpetrators, right? They aren't government and it's not that bureaucratic. As with any group, if you break the guidelines/rules they just won't want to work with you. > To add a bit more context, when I was writing the original comment, I was mainly thinking of first-time contributors that don't have any track records, and how the policy would work against them. No matter what, somebody has to review the contribution. First time contributors get feedback, most of them correct their mistakes and some go on to be regular contributors (like me). Others never respond, and still more others make the same mistakes over and over again. On the topic, Gentoo has projects like GURU where users can contribute new packages that maybe aren't ready for main tree or where a full developer wouldn't be interested, it's a good place to learn if interested in working towards becoming a developer: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:GURU