# AI Usage and EDMarketConnector

"A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision"
~ IBM, 1979

## Our Policy on AI Usage

Like them or not, AI (Artificial Intelligences, LLMs, Artificial Idiots, whatever your terms for them) is here to stay.

Ultimately, the responsibility for any and all contributions to this project is incumbent on the human submitting the contribution.

Bug reports, pull requests, translations, and other contributions which are fully automated are not accepted to this project, with very narrow exceptions. These exceptions are for known, scripted tooling such as "Dependabot", which are set up by the project maintainers.

While we do not require disclosure if AI Tooling or LLM-backed assistance was used, each contributor is individually responsible for the contributions they make. When you submit a contribution to this project, you are signing your name to it. We do not accept AIs or LLMs as "co-authors", "co-contributors", or the like. You are certifying that the code you submit is your creation, that you have tested it, and that you stand by the work in the contribution. "The AI said so" is not, and will never be, an acceptable answer to a question.

## Pull Requests

You are responsible for any code submitted in a pull request. You must be able to fully explain the code you submit, its relation to existing code, and must understand what changes you are submitting. Code submitted must be of a high quality, and meet the expected standards of the project.

## Bug Reports

Wholly AI-Generated bug reports are not accepted. So-called "AI Slop" reports which contain obviously AI generated content may be closed without further investigation. It is the responsibility of the submitter to ensure that the bug report is accurate, factual, and clear enough (with solid replication steps) that a human reader can readily and easily recreate the circumstances of the bug.

## Translations

Fully AI-Generated translations are not accepted. Language translations should only come from legitimate human speakers of a given language. Google Translate, LLM translations, or other AI-assist tools cannot be a primary source for a translation. If you are submitting a translation, you are certifying that you have firsthand knowledge of the language in question, and that the translation is accurate.

## License Compliance

EDMC is licensed under the GNU GPLv2.0 or later license. All contributors submitting to the project submit their contributions under that same license. This means that you must own the copyright to any code submitted. As AI written contributions may infringe on these rights, it is the responsibility of the submitter to ensure that any generated contributions do not infringe. If there are any questions as to the licensability of a contribution, it will be rejected. 

## Compliance

Violations of this policy may result in rejected contributions, bans from the project, or other measures the maintainers deem fit at their sole discretion.