Re: [PATCH 1/4] docs/devel: relax policy on AI-generated contributions

[Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>]

Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> writes:

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> +LLM-assisted and LLM-created contributions
> +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +Use of generative AI can be classified in the following four buckets:
> +
> +- "background" assistance, such as completion and code review.  This does
> +  not need disclosure.
> +
> +- small LLM-assisted bugfixes (as a rule of thumb, below 10 lines of code)
> +  are allowed with disclosure.  Splitting a submission in multiple parts
> +  is **not** a valid way to bypass this rule; repeated, frequent posting
> +  of such fixes must follow the rule for full contributions.
> +
> +- use of LLMs to help generating parts of a larger patch---test cases,
> +  adaptations of existing code, boilerplate code for a new API, a tool to
> +  help performing mechanical changes, etc.  These are generally allowed;
> +  disclosure is highly recommended for non-trivial, functional code.

Why only recommended?  It's non-trival!

Disclosure isn't much of a burden.  Why not keep things simple and
demand disclosure, no ifs, buts, or maybes?

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