Vibecoding isn't a crime How Distribute Your App on Linux after Flathub refusal
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- Flathub updated its Generative AI policy to ban all AI-generated or AI-assisted code, documentation, and content, without distinguishing between full AI generation and AI-assisted tools.
- The policy is asymmetric: open-source projects are easily inspected and rejected, while proprietary apps are not, penalizing transparency.
- Alternatives to Flathub include FlatPark (AI-native hub for extra-data apps), FlatFree (no policing of code creation methods), and FriendlyHub (focus on safety and functionality).
- Rejected developers are advised to use alternative repositories, keep their Flathub manifest, document AI use, and consider self-hosting a Flatpak repo.
- The ban highlights a community tension over AI in open source, creating demand for less restrictive repositories.