Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Annotating patches containing AI-assisted code

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>]

On 12/08/2025 17:49, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2025 18:28:52 -0400
> Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> 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/

Best regards,
Krzysztof