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LibreOffice's 'no AI' stance meets LLM-assisted code

SoftwareOctober 29, 20261 min read

The Document Foundation (TDF), which runs the LibreOffice office suite, says its core developers do not use AI coding tools. But a few community code changes admit to using AI helpers, which has upset some users.

What happened

A user on the Fediverse (a network of linked social sites) found three LibreOffice code changes from this year that say AI coding assistants helped write them. Two were from April and credited Claude, an AI model made by Anthropic. A newer one from September said GitHub Copilot helped generate part of the code. TDF has promoted LibreOffice as a 'no AI' product, so people saw the mismatch as a contradiction.

Key numbers and facts

TDF says LibreOffice has no built-in AI features.
Three LibreOffice code changes this year acknowledge LLM coding help: two from April and one from September.
TDF announced 9.4 million downloads over eight weeks on October 21.
LibreOffice's 2010 fork came from OpenOffice.org, which Oracle controlled at the time.

Some background

LibreOffice is a free office suite, like a free version of Microsoft Office. Collabora is a company that once worked with TDF and now makes its own web-based office suite, CODE, which is built on LibreOffice code. Collabora promoted more AI features in its CODE 26.04 release. Many open source projects now allow some AI-written code, but they often require the writer to say so and to have a person review it.

Why it matters

TDF's rules allow AI help but ask contributors to disclose it and discourage it. Its public message says 'no AI', so the two messages do not fully match. TDF says it reviews code carefully and that students may not use LLMs. The story shows how hard it is for open source groups to set clear, honest AI rules that everyone understands.

What to watch

Whether TDF changes its public 'no AI' message or its written AI policy.
How other open source projects set rules for AI-written code.
Whether LibreOffice users and developers keep raising concerns about the mixed message.

Glossary

LibreOffice: A free office suite with word processing, spreadsheets and slides.
The Document Foundation (TDF): The non-profit group that leads and looks after LibreOffice.
LLM: Large language model, an AI system that writes text or code from prompts.
Collabora: A company that makes its own web-based office suite, CODE, based on LibreOffice code.
GitHub Copilot: An AI tool that suggests or writes computer code for programmers.
Fediverse: A group of linked social networks, such as Mastodon, that share posts with each other.

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