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Godot veteran says 'AI slop' pull requests have become overwhelming
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this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2026
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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
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That approach is known as "source available", projects following that won't clear the definition of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)
Edit- FOSS projects also do not need to accept any contributions, but people are free to fork the code and do as they wish with it.
Theoretically, AI bros should fork Godot and get started on their own version that will certainly accelerate quickly beyond the main project. Surely. (/s)
OTOH, just to clear that up, a FOSS project doesn't "have" to accept code from anyone else, but anyone else can copy the code and modify as they like.
Not quite correct. The GPL (any other free software license I'm aware of) doesn't require you to accept changes from anyway. You can develop a piece of software and release it under the GPL without accepting public pull requests.
Free software licenses protect your rights to do certain things with the source code (the distinction from 'source available' software being exactly what is explicitly protected), but it doesn't require you to accept or entertain changes from anyone who wants to make them--essentially you can force them to fork the project in those cases.
Yeah you're actually right, I misinterpreted "contributions" as modifications. The shiny Open Source label should be applicable to any code that can be viewed, modified and redistributed freely. Even if the original project doesn't accept community PRs, it must be able to be forked - potentially by a party that would welcome public submissions to their fork.