Re:OSS projects banning AI-generated contributions
by ryandrake on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @05:01PM
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I wish GitHub would have a clear, dedicated UI under "About" on each repo's page showing whether LLM-assisted PRs are accepted. Like right between the License display and Activity, or something, that says "AI PRs welcome" or "No AI PRs".
Sometimes I fork an open source project and just vibe a bugfix or a small feature that I need. I'll review the code myself and make sure it's sensible. But, now I have a dilemma. Do I submit a PR? I don't know if it's welcome anymore, given how much maintainers are complaining about AI PRs. I'm more likely nowadays just to keep the fork to myself and not bother, given how mad some maintainers might get. Not worth the grief to contribute back, and often it's not even welcome.
I fear we're just going to end up with a massive web of one-off forks going every which way, which I guess is OK but a weird consequence of all of this.
Sometimes I fork an open source project and just vibe a bugfix or a small feature that I need. I'll review the code myself and make sure it's sensible. But, now I have a dilemma. Do I submit a PR? I don't know if it's welcome anymore, given how much maintainers are complaining about AI PRs. I'm more likely nowadays just to keep the fork to myself and not bother, given how mad some maintainers might get. Not worth the grief to contribute back, and often it's not even welcome.
I fear we're just going to end up with a massive web of one-off forks going every which way, which I guess is OK but a weird consequence of all of this.