Last mentioned: Feb 21, 2026
Enforcement Phase
EFF begins rejecting pull requests that contain suspected AI-generated comments or documentation.
Official Policy Launch
Hancock and Baldwin publish the new contribution guidelines for all EFF repositories.
Internal Policy Review
EFF leadership evaluates the risks of unvetted AI documentation in security-critical tools.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has established a new policy requiring human-authored documentation for all code contributions, even when the underlying logic is generated by Large Language Models. This move aims to preserve software maintainability and ensure that human developers remain accountable for the tools they build.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has established a new governance framework that permits LLM-generated code in its projects while strictly requiring human-authored documentation. This policy aims to preserve technical accountability and ensure that the underlying logic of software remains transparent and maintainable by human developers.