Re: [PATCH 3/3] docs/code-provenance: AI exceptions are in addition to DCO

[Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>]

Am 22.09.2025 um 17:48 hat Paolo Bonzini geschrieben:
> Using phrasing from https://openinfra.org/legal/ai-policy (with just
> "commit" replaced by "submission", because we do not submit changes
> as commits but rather emails), clarify that the contributor remains
> responsible for its copyright or license status.

I feel here the commit message is clearer than...

> [This is not my preferred phrasing.  I would prefer something lighter
> like "the "Signed-off-by" label in the contribution gives the author
> responsibility".  But for the sake of not reinventing the wheel I am
> keeping the exact words from the OpenInfra policy.]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> ---
>  docs/devel/code-provenance.rst | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/devel/code-provenance.rst b/docs/devel/code-provenance.rst
> index 103e0a97d76..41062f29639 100644
> --- a/docs/devel/code-provenance.rst
> +++ b/docs/devel/code-provenance.rst
> @@ -341,3 +341,9 @@ or more general revisions. This can be done by contacting the qemu-devel
>  mailing list with details of a proposed tool, model, usage scenario, etc.
>  that is beneficial to QEMU, while still mitigating the legal risks to the
>  project.  After discussion, any exception will be listed below.
> +
> +Exceptions do not remove the need for authors to comply with all other
> +requirements for contribution.  In particular, the "Signed-off-by"
> +label in a patch submissions is a statement that the author takes
> +responsibility for the entire contents of the patch, including any
> parts +that were generated or assisted by AI tools or other tools.

...the actually committed text. We should probably mention "copyright or
license status" explicitly here in some way instead of just a more
generic "responsibility for the entire contents" without referring to
copyright.

Maybe something like "...responsibility for the entire contents of the
patch and in particular its copyright or license status, ..."

Kevin