Assessing the impact of Large Language Models on Geospatial Open Source Software

The recent rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) has been increasingly impacting our daily livelihoods. From personal counsel to job aids or mindless entertainment, they promise to substantially change the benefit we obtain from computers. OSGeo and its projects are no exception, to a good extent a new era seems dawning to open source in general. We read and hear anecdotal evidence of the ways in which LLMs are changing how Charter members work and the general implications for open source software.

Dear OSGeo Charter member,

To better understand the reach of LLMs and their implications the OSGeo Board of Directors is launching a survey directed at all Charter members. Whether you are a PSC member, a code contributor, a translator or a user, we wish to hear from you. The survey intends to identify how LLMs are changing the way individual members work and how they may be impacting the regular functioning of OSGeo projects.

We hope the results of this survey can guide the OSGeo Board enacting new procedures, guidelines or new infrastructures, to address eventual concerns and fully harness the power of these novel tools.

You will soon receive an invitation to participate.

The survey shall be open from the 10th of May.

Warm regards,

Jeroen Ticheler

President of the Board of Directors of OSGeo

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