r/opensource just banned AI, non-English speakers, and more
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TL;DR
- The opensource subreddit has banned projects that use, are made by, or are intended for AI.
- This decision has led to community revolt and the creation of a rival subreddit, r/trueopensource.
- Moderators clarified that AI used incidentally, like for auto-captioning, may be allowed.
- New rules also require projects to be at least one year old with multiple contributors, barring solo developers.
- The subreddit has also banned non-English speakers, stating they cannot distinguish AI-translated content.
- The Linux kernel now contains some AI-generated code, potentially leading to its projects being banned.