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r/opensource bans AI-built and AI-focused projects, requires year-old accounts

Moderator Wolvereness posted new r/opensource rules on Oct. 24: projects that use AI or are intended for AI are barred, as are projects under a year old and posters with Reddit accounts under a year old. Gizmodo and PPC Land report it; Reddit's post was not directly reachable. Some users moved to a new r/TrueOpenSource.

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Gizmodogizmodo.com/tokens-are-cheap-open-source-subreddit-bans-ai-2000830386

Coverage · 5 articles, oldest first

Sunday, October 25, 2026

  1. The Verge

    r/opensource just banned AI, non-English speakers, and more

  2. PPC Land

    ppc.land/r-opensource-bans-ai-built-projects-for-its-98-000-weekly-visitors/

  3. Kotaku

    kotaku.com/reddits-largest-open-source-community-dumbfounded-by-ai-ban-i-guess-linux-is-no-longer-allowed-here-2000749384

  4. RuntimeWire

    runtimewire.com/article/r-opensource-bars-ai-projects-and-requires-a-year-of-maintenance-for-promotion

  5. Gizmodo

    gizmodo.com/tokens-are-cheap-open-source-subreddit-bans-ai-2000830386
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