[Biopython] Generative AI policy for contributions to Biopython

[Peter Cock]

Thank you - I spotted a spelling typo too (dispite running a spell check).

The Forgejo link has this interesting snippet - articulating one of my worries:

> Forgejo does not accept works of authorship (code, documentation, etc.)
> either partially or completely generated by AI due to legal uncertainties [*]
>
> [Footnote *]: Under EU law, it is unclear whether output of AI is copyrightable.
> Furthermore, it is almost impossible to ascertain whether output of an AI
> does not violate somebody else's copyright.

This links nicely to the points Andrew raised too.

Thanks ,

Peter

On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 1:19 PM Bastian Greshake Tzovaras
<bgreshake at proton.me> wrote:
>
>
> On 24/04/2026 07:16, Peter Cock wrote:
> >> All communication, that includes: commit messages, pull request
> >> messages, documentation, code comments and issues (and
> >> comments on issues/pull requests), that is intended to be read
> >> by people to understand your thoughts and work must not have
> >> been generated with AI. We exclude machine translation and
> >> tooling that helps with grammar and spelling check.
> > https://codeberg.org/comaps/Governance/src/branch/main/AI_USAGE.md
>
> Just a small correction: The link goes to the slightly adapted version
> of the Forgejo usage guides that we use in CoMaps. Forgejo, the software
> that Codeberg runs, recently made their own policy even stricter than
> the one we use in CoMaps, it can be found here:
> https://codeberg.org/forgejo/governance/src/branch/main/AIAgreement.md
> (either way, I think both still contain the same language about human
> communication).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bastian
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