--- title: SDL Adds Policy To Forbid LLM/AI Generated Code... description: SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer), the widely-used cross-platform library central to the Steam Runtime and game development, has adopted a formal policy banning... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sdl-adds-policy-to-forbid-llm-ai-generated-code-contributions-ylgjh4aus twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: SDL Adds Policy To Forbid LLM/AI Generated Code Contributions | daily.dev og:description: SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer), the widely-used cross-platform library central to the Steam Runtime and game development, has adopted a formal policy banning... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sdl-adds-policy-to-forbid-llm-ai-generated-code-contributions-ylgjh4aus og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YLgjh4AUS.png og:image:alt: SDL Adds Policy To Forbid LLM/AI Generated Code Contributions 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. # SDL Adds Policy To Forbid LLM/AI Generated Code Contributions **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer), the widely-used cross-platform library central to the Steam Runtime and game development, has adopted a formal policy banning AI/LLM-generated code contributions. The policy, written by Ryan C. Gordon and merged via a pull request, cites concerns about unknown code origins potentially conflicting with the Zlib license, AI hallucinations, and incorrect information. AI may still be used to identify issues, but all solutions must be human-authored. Contributors must now confirm their pull requests contain no AI-generated code. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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