AI Policy Update
The FreeCAD developers team has updated its AI policy, which now prioritizes people and addresses concerns over AI usage. The policy requires contributors to disclose AI use in code submissions and take responsibility for the code. The policy is expected to receive further updates in the future.
- ▪The updated AI policy is a separate document that covers concerns over AI use.
- ▪Contributors are required to disclose AI use in the pull request description.
- ▪The policy expects contributors to communicate with code reviewers without using chatbots.
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| Original publisher | FreeCAD News |
| Canonical URL | https://blog.freecad.org/2026/06/29/ai-policy-update/ |
| Publication time | Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:08:24 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-06-30T06:59:53.391Z |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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The FreeCAD developers team recently enhanced the initial AI policy introduced a few months back. The updated policy is now a separate document. It puts people first, covers the concerns over the use of AI, and sets the expectations for code submissions created with the help of LLMs. In particular, the dev team expects contributors to disclose the use of AI in the pull request description, take responsibility for the code they are submitting, and communicate with code reviewers without the use of chatbots. The AI policy will likely receive further updates. A longer-term plan is to track the emergence of ethically created LLMs for assisted development.
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