On 7/27/2025 12:58 PM, Sasha Levin wrote: > And below is the first test of this scheme: > > Co-developed-by: Claude claude-opus-4-20250514 > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/agents/index.rst | 3 ++- > Documentation/agents/legal.rst | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Documentation/agents/main.rst | 5 ++++ > 3 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > create mode 100644 Documentation/agents/legal.rst > > diff --git a/Documentation/agents/index.rst b/Documentation/agents/index.rst > index 354af3f025e5..982602db3349 100644 > --- a/Documentation/agents/index.rst > +++ b/Documentation/agents/index.rst > @@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ Agents > > main > core > - coding-style > \ No newline at end of file > + coding-style > + legal > \ No newline at end of file > diff --git a/Documentation/agents/legal.rst b/Documentation/agents/legal.rst > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..67e6b2cdff9d > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/agents/legal.rst > @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ > +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > + > +=============================== > +Legal Requirements for Agents > +=============================== > + > +This document outlines critical legal requirements that coding agents must follow when working with the Linux kernel codebase. > + > +Licensing Requirements > +---------------------- > + > +**GPL-2.0 License** > + The Linux kernel is licensed under GPL-2.0 only with a syscall exception. Coding agents MUST follow this licensing rule with no exceptions. Any code contributed must be compatible with this license. > + > +**SPDX License Identifiers** > + All files must have proper SPDX license identifiers. For most kernel source files, this should be the first line of the file in the appropriate comment format: > + > + - For C source/header files: ``// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0`` > + - For scripts: ``# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0`` > + - For documentation: ``.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0`` I believe the agent has not processed the following correctly: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/license-rules.html 1) C header files use /* SPDX-License-Identifier: <expression> */ 2) Contributions need not be GPL-2.0, "individual files can be provided under a dual license, e.g. one of the compatible GPL variants and alternatively under a permissive license like BSD, MIT etc." These two issues jumped out at me... /jeff
