Oracle Bans AI-Generated Contributions From OpenJDK — Even Partially Generated Code — While Ellison Says AI Writes Oracle's Code
OpenJDK's interim generative-AI policy bars contributions containing content generated in part or in full by LLMs or diffusion models, extending beyond source code to documentation, pull requests, mailing-list email, wiki pages, and Java Bug System reports; having an AI write 100 lines and editing a few still disqualifies the submission. The stated reasons are reviewer burden from plausible-but-wrong code, the JDK's mission-critical safety bar, and unresolved IP ownership under the Oracle Contributor Agreement, which is 'the subject of active litigation.' Private LLM use for debugging and review is still permitted. The contrast with Larry Ellison's claim that AI models now write Oracle's code — and with Oracle's own GraalVM, which allows AI contributions — pushed the HN thread to 483 points and 347 comments.
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