Reddit 开源版块 r/opensource 颁布严苛新规：全面封禁 AI 项目、独立开发者及非英语用户

r/opensource 的版主团队发布了新发帖规则，其中包括禁止任何涉及 AI 的项目。这篇发布于周六晚间的帖子在开篇明确写道：“如果你的项目使用了 AI、由 AI 生成，或者是面向 AI 设计的，那么它在 r/opensource 将不再受欢迎。就现状而言，AI 与本开源社区是不相容的。”

这一全新规定在评论区引发了轩然大波，甚至促使部分成员建立了一个对立的新子版块 r/trueopensource。版主 Wolvereness 随后在评论区补充解释称，规则存在一定的弹性空间和选择性执行的余地，例如“附带使用 AI 辅助功能的软件”，包括自动字幕等特性。但这并未平息社区成员的不满，许多人认为新规过于宽泛、存在误导且定义模糊。许多人指出，就连 Linux 内核目前也包含了一些 AI 生成的代码，这意味着按此新规，使用该内核的项目都可能面临被封禁的风险。

尽管针对 AI 的禁令吸引了绝大部分关注，但版主们还对发帖施加了其他层面的限制。例如，提交的项目必须已创立至少一年、处于积极维护状态，且必须拥有多名贡献者。这将直接导致那些带着新项目寻求帮助的独立开发者被拒之门外。版主甚至表示：“我们不再受理招募维护者或寻求贡献者的请求。”

此外，版主们还变相封禁了社区中所有非英语母语的成员。帖文中写道：“如果你不会说英语，你需要换一个社区。我们无法区分内容究竟是 AI 撰写的还是 AI 翻译的。既然你不会英语，你甚至自己都无法验证翻译是否准确。”

The mods at r/opensource posted new submission rules that, among other things, banned projects that use AI. The post made Saturday evening opens by saying, “If your project uses AI, is made by AI, or is intended for AI, it’s not welcome on r/opensource. AI, as it exists today, is incongruent to this Open Source community.”

The new rules have set off a firestorm in the comments, and even spurred the creation of a rival sub r/trueopensource. Moderator Wolvereness has waded into the comments to explain that there’s nuance and room for selective enforcement, such as “software that incidentally has accessibility features that use AI,” including automatic captioning. But that hasn’t slowed complaints from the community who feel the new rules are too broad, misguided, or vague. Many have pointed out that the Linux kernel now contains some AI-generated code, and so projects using it could be banned under the new rules.

While the AI ban is getting most of the attention, mods are placing other restrictions on posts as well. Projects submitted must be at least one year old, actively maintained, and have multiple contributors. That would bar solo developers with new projects from looking for help. The mods even say “we can no longer field requests asking for maintainers or people to contribute.”

The mods also effectively banned any non-English-speaking members of the community. “If you don’t speak English, you need to find a different community,” the post reads. “We cannot distinguish between AI-written and AI-translated. Since you don’t speak English, you can’t even verify yourself if it translated correctly.”