Source-available projects and their AI contribution policies
Summary
The Consensus article surveys 112 source-available projects to evaluate their AI contribution policies, finding that only four banned AI contributions entirely; many projects have committed AI-assisted work and some explicitly allow AI contributions. Policies vary across domains (languages, browsers, databases, OS, libraries, apps, infrastructure), with AI involvement common in many projects but also notable bans and explicit policies. The piece provides detailed, data-backed examples and links to commits and policy pages, illustrating how OSS communities govern AI-assisted development.