# GCC: Not AI-friendly

> Legally significant contributions that include or derive from LLM-generated content are declined, except for test cases; small LLM-generated changes may be accepted if clearly marked with Assisted-by. AI may be used for research, bug finding, review and debugging if its output stays out of the contribution.

- What it is: The GNU Compiler Collection. (Programming language)
- Homepage: https://gcc.gnu.org/
- Repository: https://gcc.gnu.org/git.html
- Overall stance: Not AI-friendly (Unfriendly). AI-generated contributions are not accepted; at most minor help such as autocomplete or grammar fixes.
- Last classified: 2026-10-09 (manual review, medium confidence)
- Policy last changed: 2026-10-09
- Web page: https://areweaifriendly.com/projects/gcc/

## Policy by area

- **Code contributions**: Not AI-friendly
- **Issues & bug reports**: AI-friendly (A human must review the output)
- **AI-written text**: Not AI-friendly (Only minor help (autocomplete, grammar))

## In their own words

- Code contributions: "For the time being, the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) policy is to decline any legally significant contributions which include LLM-generated content or are derived from LLM-generated content." (https://gcc.gnu.org/ai-policy.html)
- Code contributions: "The commit message for any contribution of LLM-generated content must include an “Assisted-by:” tag." (https://gcc.gnu.org/ai-policy.html)
- Issues & bug reports: "This policy does not apply to a contributor's use of AI for the purposes of research, analysis, bug discovery and reporting (output should not be sent verbatim without due consideration), patch review (supporting human review, not replacing it) and debugging, so long as the output is not included in the contributions to the project." (https://gcc.gnu.org/ai-policy.html)
- AI-written text: "This policy does not apply to a contributor's other uses of AI including the use of these tools to enable them to work with their own computing devices e.g. screen readers, text-to-speech, direct translations, spelling or grammar assistance, where the contributor verifies the output of the tool." (https://gcc.gnu.org/ai-policy.html)

## Sources

- [GCC AI Policy](https://gcc.gnu.org/ai-policy.html), fetched 2026-10-09