Link: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/29/libreoffices-no-ai-stance-meets-llm-assisted-code/5306084

In other words, TDF's approach resembles what some commenters have compared to the Debian approach: LLM coding assistants are permitted for some contributors, subject to disclosure and human review. For AI advocates, this is the only pragmatic response – which could be summarized as the "AI is just a tool" school of thought.

However, since this admission does seem to contradict the very visible public no-AI message, some LibreOffice users are really rather unhappy.

https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/29/libreoffices-no-ai-stance-meets-llm-assisted-code/5306084

However, since this admission does seem to contradict the very visible public no-AI message, some LibreOffice users are really rather unhappy.

I am one of those users