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Flathub Now Rejects AI-Assisted Apps and Submissions (linuxiac.com)
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[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

The policy allows for exceptions, which may be granted for mature, well-maintained projects

basically the project has to have a history of being maintained well already to get exemption.

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So, something that pulls a Blender is excusable?

[–] troed@fedia.io -1 points 2 weeks ago

Having a policy against bad apps is fine - but that's not what this policy says.

It's trivial to write a good app using LLM aids - but that new app won't have such a history.