Quoting Andreas Kling
Ladybird browser will no longer accept public pull requests, citing that AI-assisted code breaks the effort-as-good-faith assumption.
“A substantial patch used to imply substantial effort, and that effort was a reasonable proxy for good faith. That assumption no longer holds.”
Ladybird's Andreas Kling announced the browser project will stop accepting public pull requests because AI-generated patches have severed the link between effort and contributor good faith. It matters because it's a concrete example of how generative AI is forcing open-source projects to rethink contribution governance and accountability for code entering production.