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FVWM window manager adopts 'no AI' policy to preserve historical development

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The developer of the FVWM window manager has announced a strict "no AI" policy for the project. This decision stems from a desire to preserve the historical development approach of FVWM, which predates AI and relied on deep understanding of system interactions. Introducing AI is seen as a threat to this legacy and the contributions of past developers. AI

IMPACT This decision highlights a growing sentiment among some developers to maintain projects without AI integration, preserving traditional development methodologies.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece from a project maintainer about their stance on AI integration.

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FVWM window manager adopts 'no AI' policy to preserve historical development

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # fvwm # ai I'll formalise this over the weekend in the README or something. But... fvwm is an old project -- well over 30 years of development. It came at a ti

    # fvwm # ai I'll formalise this over the weekend in the README or something. But... fvwm is an old project -- well over 30 years of development. It came at a time when the people working on it *really* knew their stuff. They had to think about how fvwm interacted with xlib/xserve…

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