# Void Linux Maintainer Orphans 100+ Packages Over AI Policy Dispute

DevFeed: [Void Linux Maintainer Orphans 100+ Packages Over AI Policy Dispute](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/void-linux-maintainer-orphans-100-packages-over-ai-policy-dispute-12424.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.phoronix.com/news/Void-Linux-AI-Policy-Orphan>)

Author: Michael Larabel

Published: 2026-09-12T15:11:26Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Phoronix](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/phoronix.md>)

Topics: [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-requests.md>)

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## AI overview

A Void Linux maintainer orphaned 113 packages after a dispute over the project's policy on using generative AI. The dispute followed the use of GLM-5.3-Flash with OpenCode to generate comparison text for a Go package update without disclosing the AI usage.

## Source excerpt

A Void Linux maintainer has orphaned more than 100 packages he maintained over a dispute of the project's AI policy for LLM-generated text...