# NetBSD: Not AI-friendly

> Code generated by LLMs is treated as tainted and may not be committed without prior written approval from the core team.

- What it is: Portable Unix-like operating system. (Operating system)
- Homepage: https://www.netbsd.org/
- 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, high confidence)
- Policy last changed: 2026-10-09
- Web page: https://areweaifriendly.com/projects/netbsd/

## Policy by area

- **Code contributions**: Not AI-friendly
- **Issues & bug reports**: No AI policy
- **AI-written text**: No AI policy

## In their own words

- Code contributions: "is presumed to be tainted code, and must not be committed without prior written approval by core." (https://www.netbsd.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html)

## Sources

- [NetBSD Commit Guidelines](https://www.netbsd.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html), fetched 2026-10-09