R/opensource bans AI-made and AI-focused projects and non-English speakers
NordStreamYacht
20 points
28 comments
October 26, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (7 comments)
prologic
I'm sorry, non-English speakers too?! da actual fuq?!
N_Lens
Obvious reactionary faux pas on part of the moderation team, since it's exclusionary, easily gamed, and punishes & drives away honest people. Not the sharpest minds at work here.
calvinmorrison
no-true-open-source
HelloUsername
Discussed on source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50231722
220hertz
Then let the doors be shut on them so they may play the fool nowhere but in their own house!
lincon127
I don't really see how this is news. All the main English subreddit are... well, English only. The other stipulations seem reasonable.
piro0919
AI is a means, not an end. What should matter is whether a project is open source, not what tools were used to build it. I build my Mac apps with Claude Code and release them under the MIT license, and I don't see how that makes them any less open source.