Re: on ai generated and code provenance

[Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>]

Am 26.05.2026 um 21:50 hat Michael S. Tsirkin geschrieben:
> On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 08:59:55PM +0200, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> > maybe practically speaking it has to be all or nothing in terms of
> > creativity (for lack of a better word).
> 
> That's exactly what copyright is, right? creative expression.
> So e.g. adding an include to make a file compile is not creative.

Yes, it's definitely similar to the question if something is
copyrightable or not. The threshold could be different in a project
specific policy, but that threshold is somewhat unclear anyway - and
that was my point, I'm not sure if it can be made clear.

It's easy to find examples that are clearly below the threshold (your
adding an #include to fix the build) and examples that are clearly above
it (say, a complex new device). But for a specific change somewhere in
the middle of the range, it can still be quite hard to tell.

Kevin