From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lamorak.hansenpartnership.com (lamorak.hansenpartnership.com [198.37.111.173]) (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 50A24211A11 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2025 18:32:31 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.37.111.173 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1755541954; cv=none; b=mgUsmr+JNH1MZqaG0m4mvXQKJ1qGbr89kzrirnTnQNR5XFIafXZADdoxn0KlHXrooaSrwKdtEL8BnsEnBquewQp/uGZLAq03EWbQ5tNtJaBubUrJMfr2cjF5c0sBwhi+Imyv6OYYPY+W1L4/S+5x65zKJSSjtvJfYev06GUf2Xo= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1755541954; c=relaxed/simple; bh=PMrFtdhKmmyHtEZteHovmwk7L6sk3r4j2HPoHrkf/Co=; h=Date:From:To:CC:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=d5l+rE7hLoLfHLhEAp+s+HWfdjTscANfcNTTT7W9StT6fpylaIScSKNjTWrLvducUUbsOFWtbX3sAaNCFjcKylvtYJR7GDabtsnMNsktGCHRoirWPKA8o1833MpzABj8rdt7i/Acn1T5ka1A6u2tDrAQKdPl2o/FPewVbADhvTw= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=HansenPartnership.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=HansenPartnership.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=hansenpartnership.com header.i=@hansenpartnership.com header.b=dLYDnEEQ; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.37.111.173 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=HansenPartnership.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=HansenPartnership.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=hansenpartnership.com header.i=@hansenpartnership.com header.b="dLYDnEEQ" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=hansenpartnership.com; s=20151216; t=1755541949; bh=PMrFtdhKmmyHtEZteHovmwk7L6sk3r4j2HPoHrkf/Co=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Message-ID:From; b=dLYDnEEQBxH2KPdZLYnm7QvAfXSn2l6Fn+/F5yXQ8nBAs14E6owm/W+WKt/ZOYJDT psS4GvGOgljfO1j43P/EIVW26Hl5eyk9PunKIaF0FG58T9dUftZQM6tkupJJL33JXh PtZsappIRVqSy5vuFvtUczl1C7XFpzA9R22ElKys= Received: from ehlo.thunderbird.net (unknown [IPv6:2a00:23c8:101a:bc01:2ca6:6915:404f:16ff]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange x25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by lamorak.hansenpartnership.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6F59A1C0234; Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:32:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:32:26 +0100 From: James Bottomley To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" CC: paulmck@kernel.org, Krzysztof Kozlowski , Sasha Levin , Jiri Kosina , ksummit@lists.linux.dev Subject: =?US-ASCII?Q?Re=3A_=5BMAINTAINERS_SUMMIT=5D_Annotating?= =?US-ASCII?Q?_patches_containing_AI-assisted_code?= User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: References: <1npn33nq-713r-r502-p5op-q627pn5555oo@fhfr.pbz> <12ded49d-daa4-4199-927e-ce844f4cfe67@kernel.org> Message-ID: 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-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On August 18, 2025 6:53:22 PM GMT+01:00, "Rafael J=2E Wysocki" wrote: >On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 10:41=E2=80=AFAM James Bottomley > wrote: [=2E=2E=2E] >> But the bottom line is that pure AI generated code is effectively >> uncopyrightable and therefore public domain which means anyone >> definitely has the right to submit it to the kernel under the DCO=2E > >Well, if it isn't copyrightable, then specicially it cannot be >submitted under the GPLv2 which is required for the kernel, isn't it? No=2E Public domain code can be combined with any licence (including GPL) = because it carries no incompatible obligations since it carries no obligati= ons at all=2E You can release public domain code under any licence, but yo= u can't enforce the licence except on additions or modifications because th= e recipient could have obtained the original from the original obligation f= ree source=2E Regards, James --=20 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail=2E Please excuse my brevity=2E