# Electronic Frontier Foundation

Type: organization

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## Timeline

- **2026-03-15**: Enforcement Phase — EFF begins rejecting pull requests that contain suspected AI-generated comments or documentation.
- **2026-02-20**: Official Policy Launch — Hancock and Baldwin publish the new contribution guidelines for all EFF repositories.
- **2026-02-18**: Internal Policy Review — EFF leadership evaluates the risks of unvetted AI documentation in security-critical tools.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### EFF Mandates Human Documentation for AI-Generated Code in Open Source Projects
2026-02-21 01:10:33 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has established a new governance framework that permits LLM-generated code in its projects while strictly requiring human-authored documentation. This policy aims to preserve technical accountability and ensure that the underlying logic of software remains transparent and maintainable by human developers.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/eff-human-documentation-ai-code-policy

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