--- title: NetworkManager Adopts Policy For AI Coding Assistants description: NetworkManager, the widely-used Linux network configuration software, has adopted a formal policy on AI coding assistants. Authored by Josephine Pfeiffer of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/networkmanager-adopts-policy-for-ai-coding-assistants-zbjnrhd02 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: NetworkManager Adopts Policy For AI Coding Assistants | daily.dev og:description: NetworkManager, the widely-used Linux network configuration software, has adopted a formal policy on AI coding assistants. Authored by Josephine Pfeiffer of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/networkmanager-adopts-policy-for-ai-coding-assistants-zbjnrhd02 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ZbjnRHD02.png og:image:alt: NetworkManager Adopts Policy For AI Coding Assistants og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # NetworkManager Adopts Policy For AI Coding Assistants **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary NetworkManager, the widely-used Linux network configuration software, has adopted a formal policy on AI coding assistants. Authored by Josephine Pfeiffer of Red Hat, the policy holds contributors fully accountable for all submitted code. AI/LLM assistance is permitted, but authors must understand, build, and test every patch themselves. Contributors must write their own commit messages and MR descriptions, respond personally to review comments, and certify LGPL-2.1-or-later license compatibility. Large machine-generated MRs that no human has reviewed line by line will be closed. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is NetworkManager's policy on using AI coding assistants for contributions? AI/LLM coding assistance is permitted in NetworkManager, but authors bear 100% responsibility for all submitted code. They must understand and be able to explain every patch, write their own commit messages and MR descriptions, respond personally to review comments, and certify LGPL-2.1-or-later license compatibility. Large machine-generated MRs that no human has reviewed line by line will be closed. _Open source contributors navigating AI tool policies across projects track developments like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AI Can No Longer Rampage Through Rust's Code Repo](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-can-no-longer-rampage-through-rust-s-code-repo-npr4hm4wd) · It's Foss · 11 upvotes · 0 comments - [NetworkManager Works To Enforce AI Policy By Tricking AI Agents To Add A Canary](https://daily.dev/posts/networkmanager-works-to-enforce-ai-policy-by-tricking-ai-agents-to-add-a-canary-eugidzu50) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [linux/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst at master · torvalds/linux](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-documentation-process-coding-assistants-rst-at-master-torvalds-linux-1rglxfc72) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 1 comments - [The GNOME LLM Policy That I Want](https://daily.dev/posts/the-gnome-llm-policy-that-i-want-isxrsuekw) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding), [#code-review](https://daily.dev/tags/code-review) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/networkmanager-adopts-policy-for-ai-coding-assistants-zbjnrhd02) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"NetworkManager Adopts Policy For AI Coding Assistants","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/networkmanager-adopts-policy-for-ai-coding-assistants-zbjnrhd02","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/networkmanager-adopts-policy-for-ai-coding-assistants-zbjnrhd02"},"datePublished":"2026-08-07T10:49:04.855Z","dateModified":"2026-08-07T10:50:11.027Z","description":"NetworkManager, the widely-used Linux network configuration software, has adopted a formal policy on AI coding assistants. 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