<![CDATA[The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope.]]>The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. And that's going as well as you might guess:

This document establishes a policy for how LLMs can be used when contributing to rust-lang/rust. [...] No comment on this PR may mention the following topics:

• Long-term social or economic impact of LLMs
• The environmental impact of LLMs
• Anything to do with the copyright status of LLM output
• Moral judgements about people who use LLMs

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/e4bfdf67-5efc-4299-bd89-717857eed90a/the-rust-evangelism-task-force-has-declared-ethics-to-be-out-of-scope.RSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 13:02:18 GMTFri, 15 May 2026 19:17:09 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Sat, 16 May 2026 03:17:12 GMT]]>@jwz@mastodon.social To be fair, the policy itself doesn't seem too bad:
we do not allow them to be used in ways that risk losing our shared social and technical understanding of the project
> It's fine to use LLMs to answer questions, analyze, distill, refine, check, suggest, review. But not to **create**.
The following are allowed. [...] - Using an LLM in the creation of experimental code changes that are not meant to be reviewed and will never be merged [...]
The following are banned. - Comments from a personal user account that are originally created by an LLM. [...] - Documentation that is originally created by an LLM. [...]
The following are decided on a case-by-case basis. [for the purposes of experimentation to inform future revisions] [...] - "Trivial" code changes that do not meet the threshold of originality - Using an LLM to discover bugs, as long as you personally verify the bug, write it up yourself, and disclose that an LLM was used. [...] All of these **must** disclose that an LLM was used.
Seems like a "we need to have a policy" policy. Allows thing that the devs can't prevent and puts heavy limitations on slop coding and requires disclosure of any use.]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/nothacking/statuses/116582084285971735https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/nothacking/statuses/116582084285971735Sat, 16 May 2026 03:17:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Sat, 16 May 2026 01:49:45 GMT]]>@gimulnautti@mastodon.green @jwz@mastodon.social @Taffer@mastodon.gamedev.place

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*okay, one comment: the Rust Foundation and the Rust Project (aka the rust-lang organization) are completely separated entities, I can't stress enough the fact that the Rust Foundation does not govern the Rust Project and it only handles funding, but the massive overlap between the two bodies is noticeable


#platinum]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://app.wafrn.net/fediverse/post/87e4cd68-f90a-491f-900d-eecf4b9115a9https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://app.wafrn.net/fediverse/post/87e4cd68-f90a-491f-900d-eecf4b9115a9Sat, 16 May 2026 01:49:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Sat, 16 May 2026 00:56:45 GMT]]>@jwz Good!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/scottsmith/statuses/116581532034684634https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/scottsmith/statuses/116581532034684634Sat, 16 May 2026 00:56:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Sat, 16 May 2026 00:51:45 GMT]]>@jwz @rmondello I see the tech bros are still reading Ayn Rand.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bynkii/statuses/116581512322318004https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bynkii/statuses/116581512322318004Sat, 16 May 2026 00:51:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Sat, 16 May 2026 00:40:17 GMT]]>@jwz I would suggest in this case the alt text read "same text as the post" rather than "screenshot". This makes it clear to screenreader users that you're not actually leaving anything out!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://neuromatch.social/users/iris/statuses/116581467279724244https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://neuromatch.social/users/iris/statuses/116581467279724244Sat, 16 May 2026 00:40:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Sat, 16 May 2026 00:32:59 GMT]]>@jwz Isnt Fedora Asahi Kernel written in Rust?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://linke.social/users/LAG_Netzpolitik_BW/statuses/116581438601040651https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://linke.social/users/LAG_Netzpolitik_BW/statuses/116581438601040651Sat, 16 May 2026 00:32:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Fri, 15 May 2026 23:41:10 GMT]]>@flpvsk if all they needed was a clear rule that allowed the rejection of slop PRs, then a straightforward "no slop" policy would work. "Setting aside the ethics" weaselage is a clear indication that they want to allow slop, while framing the debate in such a way that nobody is allowed to make them feel bad for doing so.

@jwz

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/womble/statuses/116581234804648982https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/womble/statuses/116581234804648982Fri, 15 May 2026 23:41:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Fri, 15 May 2026 23:36:23 GMT]]>@gimulnautti @jwz Is it still a mostly Mozilla project? Because they’ve gone AI brained.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Taffer/statuses/116581215967280270https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Taffer/statuses/116581215967280270Fri, 15 May 2026 23:36:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Fri, 15 May 2026 23:34:33 GMT]]>@groxx @flpvsk We're done here.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jwz/statuses/116581208810571717https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jwz/statuses/116581208810571717Fri, 15 May 2026 23:34:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Fri, 15 May 2026 23:34:09 GMT]]>@jwz @flpvsk the conversations have been happening and will continue to happen, yes? Or is there a sign that it has been stopped everywhere?

And on the ethical side, it really does seem to me that it's largely a brick wall between the two, and few cross over. The kind of unproductive fights that leads to are obvious, and happening all over. So you're kinda left with: A) fight and go nowhere (which we agree is not what they need), B) fork and the associated costs (either you leave or you kick them out), or C) moderate to try to make progress. I'm not really seeing any other options.

(I'm not deeply active in the community, maybe there are signs it's just being shut down everywhere? If there are, then I entirely agree with you)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/groxx/statuses/116581207182374562https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/groxx/statuses/116581207182374562Fri, 15 May 2026 23:34:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Fri, 15 May 2026 23:29:33 GMT]]>@groxx @flpvsk Why are you making this my problem to solve? It manifestly is not. I don't even use Rust.

My primary point is that claiming you are having a conversation about something while at the same time forbidding the primary objections to it -- is not a conversation.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jwz/statuses/116581189099874889https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jwz/statuses/116581189099874889Fri, 15 May 2026 23:29:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Fri, 15 May 2026 23:28:04 GMT]]>@jwz @flpvsk with a large group of people, how you do get a policy written down and agreed on when both sides feel very strongly?

I would much prefer they ban LLMs entirely, but many clearly disagree and you still need enough of them to sign off on it for it to be adopted. How do you reach that point when both are brigading heavily?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/groxx/statuses/116581183258691230https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/groxx/statuses/116581183258691230Fri, 15 May 2026 23:28:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Fri, 15 May 2026 23:25:07 GMT]]>@groxx @flpvsk Yes. And apparently so do they.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jwz/statuses/116581171686950886https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jwz/statuses/116581171686950886Fri, 15 May 2026 23:25:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Fri, 15 May 2026 23:23:11 GMT]]>@jwz @flpvsk do you think they need a policy at all?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/groxx/statuses/116581164117973762https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/groxx/statuses/116581164117973762Fri, 15 May 2026 23:23:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Fri, 15 May 2026 23:20:54 GMT]]>@groxx @flpvsk No, it's saying, "This is where we're going to decide what our policy should be, and oh by the way, the primary and most fundamental objections that many people have to using LLMs are out of bounds for this discussion."

That's not just putting your thumb on the scale, that's kicking the legs out from under the table.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jwz/statuses/116581155077330935https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jwz/statuses/116581155077330935Fri, 15 May 2026 23:20:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Fri, 15 May 2026 23:06:24 GMT]]>@jwz Declare you're in the pockets of tech billionaires without declaring you're the pockets of tech billionaires. 🤔

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/116581098094587638https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/116581098094587638Fri, 15 May 2026 23:06:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Fri, 15 May 2026 23:02:01 GMT]]>@flpvsk @jwz Using LLMs for all those things is *not* fine though

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/monokeros/statuses/116581080827299262https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/monokeros/statuses/116581080827299262Fri, 15 May 2026 23:02:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Fri, 15 May 2026 22:59:23 GMT]]>@jwz @eldersea Sure, but it was more that mentioning licenses at all is an unforced error here and doing so is yet another sign of "I'm too big for copyright to apply"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Solemarc/statuses/116581070513665592https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Solemarc/statuses/116581070513665592Fri, 15 May 2026 22:59:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Fri, 15 May 2026 22:52:48 GMT]]>@mhoye @jwz makes me wonder if they meant https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/collaborateur

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hey.hagelb.org/users/technomancy/statuses/01KRPXF9VEKQNQ6VVDGXNNWMK9https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hey.hagelb.org/users/technomancy/statuses/01KRPXF9VEKQNQ6VVDGXNNWMK9Fri, 15 May 2026 22:52:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Fri, 15 May 2026 22:49:23 GMT]]>@jwz “discussion restricted to collaborators”. Indeed.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/mhoye/statuses/116581031157102885https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/mhoye/statuses/116581031157102885Fri, 15 May 2026 22:49:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Fri, 15 May 2026 22:11:46 GMT]]>@flpvsk @jwz agreed - it's largely just saying "we need a policy either way. constructive comments welcome, broader discussion belongs elsewhere" and that seems... fine? Github is hardly an ideal (or even good) place for heavily threading discussions. And they're correct that they need a policy, as many treat "no comment" as permission.

That said, the Zulip they link to is not publicly visible, which is rather concerning. Private discussions are fine, but they're not evidence, and they don't provide a place to go to contribute.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/groxx/statuses/116580883258177060https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/groxx/statuses/116580883258177060Fri, 15 May 2026 22:11:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Fri, 15 May 2026 22:05:38 GMT]]>@eldersea @jwz well hello there Karma, I've missed you

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/http_error_418/statuses/116580859170662973https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/http_error_418/statuses/116580859170662973Fri, 15 May 2026 22:05:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Fri, 15 May 2026 21:46:26 GMT]]>@jwz Sounds like rules an LLM would make...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/geospacedman/statuses/116580783637156674https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/geospacedman/statuses/116580783637156674Fri, 15 May 2026 21:46:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope. on Fri, 15 May 2026 21:16:44 GMT]]>@jwz Also seems very weird that *whether LLM code can even be legally copyrighted and licensed for OSS* gets sandwiched between questions of "just ethics".

You'd think you'd want to have that one nailed down before accepting ANY contributions. 🤔

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NfNitLoop/statuses/116580666849101733https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NfNitLoop/statuses/116580666849101733Fri, 15 May 2026 21:16:44 GMT