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Tsirkin" To: Alex =?iso-8859-1?Q?Benn=E9e?= Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, stefanha@redhat.com Subject: Re: on ai generated and code provenance Message-ID: <20260524161048-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <20260524083329-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> <87v7ccd9eh.fsf@draig.linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <87v7ccd9eh.fsf@draig.linaro.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=mst@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -24 X-Spam_score: -2.5 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.5 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.445, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: qemu development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Sun, May 24, 2026 at 06:06:46PM +0100, Alex Bennée wrote: > "Michael S. Tsirkin" writes: > > > So, I had to reject a perfectly reasonable patch: > > https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20260320193746.242704-1-jinpu.wang@ionos.com/ > > just because of a tool used to make it. > > > > > > How contributors could comply with DCO terms (b) or (c) for the output of AI > > content generators commonly available today is unclear. The QEMU project is > > not willing or able to accept the legal risks of non-compliance. > > In the linked case the LLM is basically doing a glorified search and > replace. There seems to be no danger of accidentally regurgitating any > training data which is where the worry about inadvertent copyright > infringement comes from. Does this mean I can merge it, in your view? -- MST