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 7F744305E0C for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:12:43 +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=1755015163; cv=none; b=m46SqNYublZr0/Yvvt3W/AeMadOND2APYL+wwO4EvbZ5ZOE23Rf1+38uwnNbHcbCYPPjYlIUpYIp2PdEVb8lnTmNbi4eWtyvfTfbom2nYOXVEIJdJi1r+MXqwDwXupuzEs7isQQvloBZ0vPNa9reZ8SLsX/nFfSdq89KTzrSxDo= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1755015163; c=relaxed/simple; bh=PgCAYnJPSJnFcSFOMD45MYgk7PNZEojEWhDk3wNcDys=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Js7FmfpNPa91KPDMfL01olD62Z/HjXXtRrmrp6Yyvng8z9AMr/o6D0Tpddlp57N3syR6NDpVTILZOIcXZVVYNn6q1OsV8qN8Dmxueh9GATcDMQjXrNoB1oyR15QztnmD9IiOnA1cwF7/wIGb8I4eGh9pQ5YX+APmJ1L5oNhKY+o= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=VJD0SKlg; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="VJD0SKlg" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 51954C4CEF0; Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:12:43 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1755015163; bh=PgCAYnJPSJnFcSFOMD45MYgk7PNZEojEWhDk3wNcDys=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Reply-To:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=VJD0SKlgHUnnhglde7bBnOdoLxNUgIBti/bcXLtWD3b1Da3shlzbVQwFYeseAT9dd fI3RGZWlA5ehDYdiUb2yd+nm1dp8+cQCa9Ujytihg32Uzcu45j+I8E8zmJNEPNEHG4 0ysD6kQ0SdzaGc5dUp3CS/N8D6Q2XYi40+k8cuTiuspc5SspqmyCHRDQznx6MCVwBM 2jSPoPwXZkMQizcVBpZiiLjHyi4FTm0rA0Pd8ZVHO0TMWZ3MW97Lq9J3AsEYg2a3e3 t49cPCqi90InbGnpQfBGpsQhiqjDc+Xyqf4RnEyAg25pHQu70iHuQ9eNqKFPXwTmWM ge8ZRrf9mw5mw== Received: by paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C6E8ECE091E; Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:12:42 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:12:42 -0700 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: Krzysztof Kozlowski Cc: Steven Rostedt , Sasha Levin , "Luck, Tony" , Jiri Kosina , ksummit@lists.linux.dev Subject: Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Annotating patches containing AI-assisted code Message-ID: <743df9f7-70ff-4038-bec1-2fc938711be0@paulmck-laptop> Reply-To: paulmck@kernel.org References: <1npn33nq-713r-r502-p5op-q627pn5555oo@fhfr.pbz> <12ded49d-daa4-4199-927e-ce844f4cfe67@kernel.org> <20250812114956.40dbb2fe@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=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 06:03:36PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > On 12/08/2025 17:49, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Aug 2025 18:28:52 -0400 > > Sasha Levin wrote: > > > >> We have the following in our docs: > >> > >> code from contributors without a known identity or anonymous > >> contributors will not be accepted. All contributors are required > >> to "sign off" on their code > >> > >> Which requires a real, known, human identity behind the "Signed-off-by" > >> tag. > > > > I guess the real question is, if you have AI write the code, do you have > > the right to add your Signed-off-by to it? Especially if you don't know > > what that AI was trained on. > > > > Does the Signed-off-by mean if later on, we find that the AI used an > > patented algorithm, the one that added their SoB can be in legal trouble? > > > Maybe we should be very explicit about annotating AI-generated patches > and instead of (see workflows discussion [1]): > > Assisted-by: .... > > expect different tag, like: > > Legal-risk-by: > > or: > Legally-questionable-because-of: > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250809234008.1540324-1-sashal@kernel.org/ If you have to add one of those last two tags, my carefully considered advice is to refrain from applying the patch. Applying a patch containing the first tag might not be wise, either, depending on the outcome of a number of lawsuits currently in flight. Plus there are a lot of other countries that might choose to weigh in. Thanx, Paul