Personally, I would not contribute to a project that forced me to lie.
And from the point of view of the maintainers, it seems a terrible idea to set up rules with the expectation that they will be broken.
Personally, I would not contribute to a project that forced me to lie.
And from the point of view of the maintainers, it seems a terrible idea to set up rules with the expectation that they will be broken.
I know, right. It's like setting up rules saying "you can't use IDE autocomplete" or "you can't code with background music because that distracts you from bugs". If the final result is indistinguishable, I find it perfectly acceptable to lie. Rules are just words, after all, especially if it's completely unenforceable.
Or, the decentralized, no rulers solution: clone the repo on your own website and put your patches there instead.
...YYyyeah, that says a lot about you, and nothing about the project in question.
"Forced you to lie"?? Are you serious?
If the project says "no AI", and you insist on using AI, that's not "forcing you to lie"; that's you not respecting their rules and choosing to lie, rather than just go contribute to something else.