Harshing rsync's Vibe | LINUX Unplugged 669

rsync's founder came back, patched real security bugs with AI help, and triggered an open source meltdown. Plus, two more projects reject AI-generated code as the community's newest fault line cracks wide open.
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• Please Do Not Vibe Fuck Up This Software · Issue #929 · RsyncProject/rsync (github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/issues/929)
• codeberg.org/fogti/rsync-nai — Fork of rsync just before the first obviously LLM-influenced commit
• Flathub No LLM Policy (social.treehouse.systems/@barthalion/116657011…) — We have updated Flathub's LLM policy to explicitly disallow AI usage for both the submission process and applications being submitted.
• Reword LLM policy to make it clear it's not allowed - flathub-infra (github.com/flathub-infra/documentation/commit/…)
• Zig 2026: No-AI Policy, $670K Foundation, Left GitHub & Why Zig Isn’t 1.0 - Andrew Kelley Explains - YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=iqddnwKF8HQ)
• GNOME Circle Takes Stand Against AI Slop, Resources App Makes It Into GNOME Incubator - Phoronix (phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Circle-No-AI-Slop)
• QEMU Shifting On AI Policy To Allow Some AI/LLM-Generated Contributions - Phoronix (phoronix.com/news/QEMU-Patch-Allows-Some-AI)
• Fwupd 2.1.4 Brings Many Fixes For Bugs Spotted By Anthrophic's Mythos, Firmware Update Support For Intel Arc Pro B65/B70 - Phoronix (phoronix.com/news/Fwupd-2.1.4-Released)
• Linux Networking Still Seeing "Significantly Bigger" Pull Requests Due To AI - Phoronix (phoronix.com/news/Linux-Net-Significantly-Bigger)
• GitHub Copilot & Claude Code Helped With Graphics, WiFi Linux Driver Issues This Week - Phoronix (phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-rc5-AI-This-Week)
• mnemosyne: The Zero-Dependency, Sub-Millisecond AI Memory System for Hermes Agents and Everyone Else! (github.com/AxDSan/mnemosyne)
• Markdown First: A Proposal for the Agent-Readable Web — BitCryptic (blog.bitcryptic.com/blog/mdf-markdown-first)
• Pick: RecordApps (github.com/sigmasd/recordapps) — A desktop application that allows you to record audio from specific applications on Linux. Built with Deno, Svelte, and WebView.
• Pick: OpenLogi (github.com/AprilNEA/OpenLogi) — A native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+, written in Rust 🦀 — remap buttons, DPI, and SmartShift over HID++. No account, no telemetry.