From: "Antonin Godard" <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
To: "Paul Barker" <paul@pbarker.dev>, <docs@lists.yoctoproject.org>
Cc: <yocto@lists.yoctoproject.org>,
<openembedded-architecture@lists.openembedded.org>
Subject: Re: [docs] [PATCH] contributor-guide: Adopt new AI-Assisted Contribution Policy
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:17:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DMMHOGIG8FZ2.3EGLH78Y5XISP@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261102-ai-policy-v1-1-db2e89267a1e@pbarker.dev>
Hi,
Thanks, will merge to master-next with the following formatting fixes:
diff --git a/documentation/contributor-guide/ai-assisted-contribution-policy.rst b/documentation/contributor-guide/ai-assisted-contribution-policy.rst
index 7b8ee8284..f35b58fdf 100644
--- a/documentation/contributor-guide/ai-assisted-contribution-policy.rst
+++ b/documentation/contributor-guide/ai-assisted-contribution-policy.rst
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ include non-trivial AI-generated content.
A *contribution* is anything you send to the project, including:
-- Patches, commit messages and cover letters
+- Patches, commit messages and cover letters
-- Review comments, discussions and other mailing list submissions
+- Review comments, discussions and other mailing list submissions
-- Bug reports and comments in Bugzilla
+- Bug reports and comments in Bugzilla
-- Security reports sent to the Security Team
+- Security reports sent to the Security Team
-- Wiki content
+- Wiki content
*AI-generated content* is anything produced by a Large Language Model
(LLM) or other generative AI technology, including output from AI
@@ -49,17 +49,17 @@ General conditions
1. Contributors should ensure that the terms and conditions of the
generative AI tool do not place any contractual restrictions on how
- the tool’s output can be used that are inconsistent with the
- project’s open source software license, the project’s intellectual
+ the tool's output can be used that are inconsistent with the
+ project's open source software license, the project's intellectual
property policies, or the Open Source Definition.
2. If any pre-existing copyrighted materials (including pre-existing
open source code) authored or owned by third parties are included in
- the AI tool’s output, prior to contributing such output to the
+ the AI tool's output, prior to contributing such output to the
project, the Contributor should confirm that they have have
- permission from the third party owners–such as the form of an open
+ permission from the third party owners-such as the form of an open
source license or public domain declaration that complies with the
- project’s licensing policies–to use and modify such pre-existing
+ project's licensing policies-to use and modify such pre-existing
materials and contribute them to the project. Additionally, the
contributor should provide notice and attribution of such third party
rights, along with information about the applicable license terms,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ The Yocto Project is a collaborative endeavour and our community is as
valuable as our code base for the long-term health of the project. At a
fundamental level, we each need to take responsibility for what we
contribute to the project. For example, this includes ensuring that our
-contributions follow the project’s Code of Conduct. It also includes
+contributions follow the project's Code of Conduct. It also includes
being respectful of the finite bandwidth that we all have for reading,
reviewing and responding to contributions.
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Transparency
**Contributors need to disclose where they have used AI-generated output
in their submissions to the project**. As stated above, incidental or
trivial use of AI-generated output within an otherwise human authored
-submission doesn’t require disclosure - but if in doubt, err on the side
+submission doesn't require disclosure - but if in doubt, err on the side
of disclosing the use of AI tools.
The use of generative AI and LLMs in software development is a rapidly
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ In patches and commits
----------------------
**Where AI-generated code is contributed to the project, commit messages
-must include the ``AI-Generated`` tag identifying the AI tool or
+must include the** ``AI-Generated`` **tag identifying the AI tool or
framework and the specific AI model used**. We encourage contributors to
be as specific as they can be. For example::
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ Enforcement
Violations of this policy may result in contributions being rejected or
deleted as appropriate. Repeated violations will be dealt with through
-the project’s `Code of Conduct`_ policy.
+the project's `Code of Conduct`_ policy.
.. _Linux Foundation Generative AI Policy: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/legal/generative-ai
.. _Code of Conduct: https://www.yoctoproject.org/code-of-conduct
Antonin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-04 14:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-02 9:48 [PATCH] contributor-guide: Adopt new AI-Assisted Contribution Policy Paul Barker
2026-11-04 14:17 ` Antonin Godard [this message]
2026-11-06 10:42 ` [docs] " Paul Barker
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