# Facing LLM-Gen-AI in FOSS

> Source: <https://sfconservancy.org/llm-gen-ai/>
> Published: 2026-06-18 17:22:44+00:00

In parallel, SFC held multiple listening sessions over a long period
with our member project contributors to understand
their needs and concerns. That chapter concluded with the
publication
of
our aspirational statement
— which explained our collective vision of how
LLM-gen-AI
should work to maximally respect users' software freedom.

In November 2025,
SFC convened half its
staff along with a group of volunteers renowned for
their FOSS policy expertise.
SFC dubbed this committee “The LLM Elephant in the FOSS Room“,
as we had all come to realize that outright bans and zero-tolerance polices
regarding LLM-gen-AI in FOSS (as a sole approach) was no longer a good
strategic choice; we needed a multi-pronged strategy.

This work is now a major initiative of SFC; in the remaining weeks and
months of 2026 and 2027, SFC will publish a plethora of materials to
help FOSS contributors to navigate LLM-gen-AI and utilize it carefully and
strategically to increase users' software freedom and people's right to
software repair in devices they own.