no llm code

# no llm code Source: [https://git-annex.branchable.com/no_llm_code/](https://git-annex.branchable.com/no_llm_code/) [LLM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model)generated code in free software is a potential landmine\. The copyright of such code is an open question, and any current answer to that question risks changing at some point in the future\. This is a particular problem for git\-annex since[future proofing](https://git-annex.branchable.com/future_proofing/)is an important aspect of its design\. So, git\-annex does not contain code generated by LLMs and guarantees it will never do so\. However, libraries and other things that git\-annex depends on do not generally have such guarantees\. Although it would be very much appreciated if they did\. git\-annex currently supports being built with versions of dependencies that pre\-date any introduction of LLM generated code\. To do so, turn on the`NoLLMDependencies`build flag\. When building with stack, use`stack\-NoLLMDependencies\.yaml`\. \(It is not currently built that way by default, but such builds are welcome\.\) Unfortunately, it's not possible to guarantee that will continue to work in new versions of git\-annex\. That's the goal, but it may become untenable\. See below for details about possible future problems with specific dependencies\. Note that if a security hole is only fixed by a newer version of a dependency, the`NoLLMDependencies`build flag will still build with the older, insecure version\. Additional work needs to be done on an ongoing basis to review git\-annex's dependencies to detect the addition of LLM generated code\. Help with finding these is welcome\. Please edit this page and/or file bug reports on git\-annex if it cannot be built without LLM generated code\. ## known dependencies that contain LLM generated code 1. [ghc](https://git-annex.branchable.com/no_llm_code/#index1h3) 2. [ram and its reverse dependencies](https://git-annex.branchable.com/no_llm_code/#index2h3) 3. [persistent](https://git-annex.branchable.com/no_llm_code/#index3h3) 4. [yesod](https://git-annex.branchable.com/no_llm_code/#index4h3) 5. [Cabal](https://git-annex.branchable.com/no_llm_code/#index5h3) 6. [git](https://git-annex.branchable.com/no_llm_code/#index6h3) ### ghc [This commit](https://github.com/ghc/ghc/commit/a5ec467ee3d4e77c026437a545981269acde3434)is probably the first, and will be released in the upcoming ghc 9\.15\. git\-annex remains buildable with older versions of ghc back to 9\.6\.6\. This will probably prevent git\-annex from taking advantage of most new improvements to the Haskell language going forward\. That is deeply unfortunate\. This is the main reason why git\-annex is not guaranteed to never change to depend on LLM generated code, because cutting it off from all future Haskell language improvements may be worse than the alternative\. ### ram and its reverse dependencies [ram](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/ram)since 0\.21\.0\. Note particularly[large LLM generated code churn](https://github.com/jappeace/ram/commit/3a0c034648f1cb7e60e96a681fd74066ff5944fe)with apparently broken \(how?\) changes in 0\.21\.0 being reverted in 0\.21\.1\. Rather than use ram, git\-annex continues to use the unmaintained[memory](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/memory)that ram was forked from\. But ram is an dependency of other dependencies, and these in particular depend on 0\.21\.0 or newer: - crypton since 1\.1\.0 - tls since 2\.3\.1 [Reverse dependencies of ram](https://packdeps.haskellers.com/reverse/ram) The`NoLLMDependencies`build flag depends on an older version of ram in order to prevent such dependencies using the newer version\. ### persistent [persistent](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/persistent)since 2\.15\.0\.0 [First LLM generated code](https://github.com/yesodweb/persistent/commit/ac0a8698f38ae3b07acdacf0ce236d7fc73bb077) git\-annex supports being built with older versions\. ### yesod [yesod](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/yesod-core)since 1\.7\.0\.0 [First LLM generated code](https://github.com/yesodweb/yesod/commit/1b033c741ce81d01070de993b285a17e71178156) [LLM generated commit with a 1489 line commit message](https://github.com/yesodweb/yesod/commit/1ee25122d82f8f94136bf1496a825c6c00b74fcf)and 10,000\+ lines of changes\. \(See[ditch yesod](https://git-annex.branchable.com/todo/ditch_yesod/)\) ### Cabal [First LLM generated code](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/commit/da8b314563feb15a3df7bc1baeef4b7aa08f7578) Cabal is needed to build git\-annex, but is not linked into it\. There is a risk that a new version of Cabal could need changes to git\-annex\.cabal that prevent an old version building it\. ### git Since 2\.53 [First LLM generated code](https://github.com/git/git/commit/d7971544fe17378f44f49983010dbfc1834f7bef) git\-annex supports git back to 2\.22\.