Re:Flathub prohibits AI-generated code
by Arrowmaster on Friday May 29, 2026 @12:35PM
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This has been their policy but now it's more explicitly defined. Go look through the submissions on https://github.com/flathub/flathub/pulls?q=is%3Apr to understand how bad the problem they are dealing with is.
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Re:Flathub prohibits AI-generated code
by nextaccountic on Saturday May 30, 2026 @02:11PM
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It's weird because I am sure that a large number of established apps in flathub, such as.. Chromium https://flathub.org/en/apps/org.chromium.Chromium has AI-assisted code, and this bans all AI-assisted code
The policy as it stands is contradictory with flathub practice, unless it specifies that already accepted apps are grandfathered or something like that.
It states:
Exceptions may be granted for mature, well-maintained projects.
Re:Flathub prohibits AI-generated code
by nextaccountic on Sunday May 31, 2026 @12:27AM
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After some time it's looking like AI is becoming just another tool in the developer toolbox. So we can confidently say that, over time, only projects with specific anti-AI policies will be free of AI code (and actually, even such projects I'm not sure)
So it's basically a ban on most new projects, made by inexperienced developers. Which is okay I guess, if this means they can better review projects.