On Mon 04-08-25 11:23:22, Michal Hocko wrote: > 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? OK, I can see this is discussed further down the thread https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250730130531.4855a38b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#u -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
