NetBSD may have found a new role: The AI-free FOSS OS
The gist
NetBSD's Mastodon feed reports a record 120 donations last month totaling $120,282 USD.
The AI-free stance is drawing users and money as Linux projects embrace AI.
How it unfolded
- 2024NetBSD banned AI-generated code, a month after the project celebrated its 30th anniversary.
- Jul 2026Linux creator Linus Torvalds said that Linux was not an anti-AI project.
- Aug 2026The Debian project polled its developers on AI use, and they chose to permit AI-generated contributions.