SDL's AI Code Ban Stumbles on Definition // AIDRAN

The speed of SDL's post-announcement revisions is more informative than the policy itself. Maintainer Ryan C. Gordon created the AGENTS.md file, added the ban to PR templates, and then pushed clarifying commits within the same release window ^[2]^[3]^[4] — an unusually compressed revision cycle for a contribution policy. Policies that require same-day clarification of their core term ('AI') are policies that discovered, under community pressure, that their core term was not yet defined. The community feedback that prompted the revisions was not hostile; it was specific. Contributors wanted to know…

SDL Bans AI Code, Then Has to Define What AI Code Is

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