On Mon 28-07-25 09:05:37, Sasha Levin wrote: > On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 12:47:55PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote: > > We cannot keep complaining about maintainer overload and, at the same > > time, encourage people to bombard us with even more of that stuff. > > > > Clearly flagging stuff as AI-generated can maybe help. But really, what > > we need is a proper AI policy. I think QEMU did a good job (again, maybe > > too strict, not sure). > > So I've sent this series because I thought it's a parallel effort to the > effort of creating an "AI Policy". > > Right now we already (implicitly) have a policy as far as these > contributions go, based on > https://www.linuxfoundation.org/legal/generative-ai and the lack of > other guidelines in our codebase, we effectively welcome AI generated > contributions without any other requirements beyond the ones that affect > a regular human. > > This series of patches attempts to clarify that point to AI: it has to > follow the same requirements and rules that humans do. The above guidance is quite vague. How me as a maintainer should know that whatever AI tool has been used is meeting those two conditions : 1. Contributors should ensure that the terms and conditions of the : generative AI tool do not place any contractual restrictions on how the : tool’s output can be used that are inconsistent with the project’s open : source software license, the project’s intellectual property policies, : or the Open Source Definition. : : 2. If any pre-existing copyrighted materials (including pre-existing : open source code) authored or owned by third parties are included in the : AI tool’s output, prior to contributing such output to the project, the : Contributor should confirm that they have have permission from the third : party owners–such as the form of an open source license or public domain : declaration that complies with the project’s licensing policies–to use : and modify such pre-existing materials and contribute them to the : project. Additionally, the contributor should provide notice and : attribution of such third party rights, along with information about the : applicable license terms, with their contribution. Is that my responsibility? -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
