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 E7110239E8D for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2025 07:00:19 +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=1765177220; cv=none; b=u+nzZpoAPC8/50nWecU5a5SXBpB7S1FnhdZ1T3CpJAP7N77TrdGF6d2qxU1+G8sLaUWLzBvDyKbOzCnv/VKUgUkgmDtxE6oZODxhsehC3wg8Q+OIG0tJQ7j8b3pibBtK2HxUpSg6vz0/BdimI6bRTqCB7FLDNwiijc2rhCBnnY0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1765177220; c=relaxed/simple; bh=mKNSRHaI2S96t+/W3rnfX520iaGcJAqzJYicaqZcZqc=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=RkDQkLlk1tfGiTM6olWsrxuMLXmbsWE2xqQWyeHksvh8jM+iUWy834g9Bx0iHWoSO8MCNowQT75eI0Damgj53Ztad9Kp3++UplWLiFAf6NDsEyIIjj+qFWyXg0K9jMullEZ2Q5+lxlWKaKfAlObMq0aXVvtSCTKQRKZMPSwBfWc= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=r2UbJobn; 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="r2UbJobn" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 00F04C4CEF1; Mon, 8 Dec 2025 07:00:18 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1765177219; bh=mKNSRHaI2S96t+/W3rnfX520iaGcJAqzJYicaqZcZqc=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=r2UbJobnoMKHQjo1ZnwM0uhGorbS+Xrjb/gd19s7mVaYay19v0XyVdBEOxTjiee+Y 2VkTbOOIZ6mvk6kQRp8Uj17PvWGyHAr3zCT3XwSLB8SoxEya6icpb07WWgPSIV48Ey JlGVMMkXk+7rsVZM9No8eAosGXMoIzsz0A1VOnLdZpZJji/k+UkfzGijiuNBFPYP5Z 6pErLDaVJO2mUt5IVAFAnBOTzr1xnxC94pvFPSF0SYOHX0bnasanSaYQsbIxWc7jNy 3p7ZRM8b6PTzL0pFP4TSA18JFeVi3RKWVH8AtfXcNyyeHP8coU21Qo/MLGtlv1Ii44 7xhg16EHw4DhA== Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 08:00:16 +0100 (CET) From: Jiri Kosina To: Sasha Levin cc: ksummit@lists.linux.dev Subject: Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] The role of AI and LLMs in the kernel process In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <7pr38n17-2797-r188-1ss0-o674o68q3356@xreary.bet> References: 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 On Sun, 7 Dec 2025, Sasha Levin wrote: > 3. Legal risk tolerance: > > DCO clause (a) requires certifying "I have the right to submit it under the > open source license." With AI training data provenance unclear and litigation > ongoing, how cautious should we be? Some advocate waiting for legal clarity; > others argue the legal concerns are overblown and we should focus on practical > guardrails. In either case, isn't all the legal responsibility with the submitter, who submitted under the terms of DCO, and thus this particular aspect is not really a concern for us (maintainers) on the receiving side as per the (c) DCO clause? Thanks, -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs