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

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>]

Em Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:07:57 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> escreveu:

> On Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:32:59 +0200
> Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> > Btw, even in the case of a bigger pattern you saw there and you
> > may be repeating, you won't be the only one doing it: an entire
> > generation that used K&C textbook are also repeating them. Plus
> > the ones that used newer books whose authors got inspired from
> > it.  
> 
> Since the authors actively encouraged people to use their examples, there's
> no incentive to go after anyone.

True.

> > In practice, even with the original book's copyright, I doubt
> > anyone could actually enforce copyrights if one picks one of the
> > book's code and use as-is (and more likely one would adjust
> > coding style, parameter pass logic, etc).  
> 
> I'm not so sure. But since most people who write coding books want people
> to use their work, there's been no precedence on someone going after
> someone for using code from a book (that I know of).
> 
> But there's a lot of assumptions in this thread, and I fear that those that
> take a too lenient approach to AI may get burned by it.

AI is new, so yeah, there's always a risk. But then again, there's a
risk already without it. I don't think the risk is too much different.
Perhaps it is even lower, as all major companies are investing in AI,
and they don't want to be sued. Plus, they're much more interested on
the direct revenue AI can produce for them. So, probably there aren't
much intent to try costly legal actions with low chances to monetize
by going  after people using AI.

Thanks,
Mauro