From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1E9A8337B8A; Mon, 10 Nov 2025 20:00:55 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1762804856; cv=none; b=t44YPkZrU0d00pzsMscq557Dt50RMiQaXRStRSCgZaTFHXo1eK8jXxARo80TZiKAB/jquT3w+QquYxWFubrDhf9j9ovGQ7/AJZRn3es+z9+0aGLnA3gd+1FRCYQKsNLkqAbyut19rovZPSQYp8Q9kVPywGEkIZKUohj8QUxZ9mM= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1762804856; c=relaxed/simple; bh=h3o9LAmSyvnIV3axnAq88Rd/1hcBZOHc9Sn/FM6kKjc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=lUkhrp79e3lRCMRictC3UW6/coDuEO10HPKf4Izetf3gUVw2Tol4F4TdryvQ85I6CEnj9c0ljnEo6lfD/e6lmKwpWtK4V4cB6lZ8AcLeAcb/ex8OST48wAB+Te03Qv7PpUYEdtrz6f1i7XXLqAOVFWUp8tww+gMu83/qeuUWWSs= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=NFecNSsk; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="NFecNSsk" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5D34BC16AAE; Mon, 10 Nov 2025 20:00:55 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1762804855; bh=h3o9LAmSyvnIV3axnAq88Rd/1hcBZOHc9Sn/FM6kKjc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=NFecNSsktu3j835501fvdrNAHQdcXfJBeqB/8rcmLpxHpDaI9gnaWVUe1QmuoKv2W TiLgRNTNBihqF8c8738rDT7E9BFfMJl1eJoU2EF3fs5rS6FVJo1vSaRHMP7EcZyjyr TpDV9XYDgVKY6jv4GwkshuNcMgKPZ17S1MciZGfU= Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:00:54 -0500 From: Konstantin Ryabitsev To: Steven Rostedt Cc: Linus Torvalds , "H. Peter Anvin" , Mike Rapoport , Laurent Pinchart , Christian Brauner , Dave Hansen , Vlastimil Babka , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "workflows@vger.kernel.org" , "ksummit@lists.linux.dev" , Dan Williams , Theodore Ts'o , Sasha Levin , Jonathan Corbet , Kees Cook , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Miguel Ojeda , Shuah Khan Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v2] Documentation: Provide guidelines for tool-generated content Message-ID: <20251110-spiffy-intelligent-cockle-efde1e@lemur> References: <20251105231514.3167738-1-dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> <653b4187-ec4f-4f5d-ae76-d37f46070cb4@suse.cz> <20251110-weiht-etablieren-39e7b63ef76d@brauner> <20251110172507.GA21641@pendragon.ideasonboard.com> <20251110145405.5bc87cc5@gandalf.local.home> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: ksummit@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20251110145405.5bc87cc5@gandalf.local.home> On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 02:54:05PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > Probably no difference. I would guess the real liability is for those that > use AI to submit patches. With the usual disclaimers of IANAL, I'm assuming > that when you place your "Signed-off-by", you are stating that you have the > right to submit this code. If it comes down that you did not have the right > to submit the code, the original submitter is liable. And if the lawyers come back and say that the submitter is not liable, what's to prevent someone from copypasting actual copyrighted code from a proprietary source and adding a "Generated-by: Chat j'ai-pété" line to absolve themselves? -K