Re: [PATCH v3] README: restructure with role-based documentation and guidelines

[Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 09:35:29AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> That said, I have one quibble :)
> 
> > +Examples of Proper Attribution:
> > +
> > +Good examples:
> > +  Assisted-by: AI-Tool:model-version-1.0 coccinelle
> > +  Assisted-by: AI-Assistant:v2.5.0
> > +  Assisted-by: Code-Helper:model-2024-04-09 sparse smatch
> > +  Assisted-by: ML-Agent:version-2024-11
> > +
> > +Bad examples (DO NOT USE):
> > +  Assisted-by: AI                          # Too vague
> > +  Assisted-by: AI-Tool coccinelle git      # Don't list basic tools
> > +  Signed-off-by: AI Assistant <ai@...>     # NEVER - AI cannot sign off
> 
> I don't think this belongs here - we don't have examples of good SOB
> lines - or of anything else.  What this needs, instead, is a link to
> Dave's tools document once that goes in.
> 
> (We also, in truth, do not yet have a consensus on what the attribution
> tags should be, and here isn't the place to try to form one.)

Agreed -- I love the new sections, but we need to drop the Assisted-by
portion until we've had the in-person discussions at Maintainers/LPC.

-Kees

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Kees Cook