Fedora
Community Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat.
Mostly friendly. Welcome, with extra rules.
AI-assisted contributions are allowed. Contributors are fully accountable for them and must disclose AI use when a significant part comes from a tool unchanged.
Policy by area
- Code contributionsPatches, pull requests and other changes written with AI tools.
- Mostly friendly
- AI use must be disclosed
- Contributor takes full responsibility
- Output must be license-compatible
- Issues & bug reportsBug reports, security reports and issues found or written with AI tools.
- No policy
- AI-written textPull request descriptions, issue comments and summaries written by AI.
- No policy
In their own words
Code contributions
You MAY use AI assistance for contributing to Fedora, as long as you follow the principles described below.
You MUST disclose the use of AI tools when the significant part of the contribution is taken from a tool without changes.
Contributing to Fedora means vouching for the quality, license compliance, and utility of your submission.
Sources
- AI-Assisted Contributions Policy :: Fedora Docsdocs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/council/policy/ai-contribution-policy/Snapshot 9 Oct 2026