Debian polls its developers on AI: permit or ban?

Debian is conducting a poll of its developers to determine the project's stance on artificial intelligence usage, with eight different proposals ranging from an outright ban on LLM contributions to allowing AI-assisted work under specific conditions. The voting deadline was extended by one week, and only recognized Debian developers are eligible to participate in deciding whether to prohibit, restrict, or permit AI tools in the project's development process. The poll reflects the complexity of the large open-source project, which contains over 1.4 billion lines of code across nearly 70,000 packages.