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Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:23:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fedora ([2601:646:8081:3770::18c7]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d9443c01a7336-23acb39bcd2sm93679085ad.131.2025.06.30.14.23.35 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:23:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Collin Funk To: "brian m. carlson" Cc: Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org, Git PLC Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] SubmittingPatches: forbid use of genAI to generate changes In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:23:34 -0700 Message-ID: <87ms9oore1.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Hi all, "brian m. carlson" writes: > I think this seems prudent given the fact that there are 181 signatories > to the Berne Convention and even if the courts rule that the use of > generative AI is acceptable in one country (say, the United States), it > isn't clear that that will mean anything in other countries (such as > Canada). Considering that there's ongoing litigation and quite a bit of > legal uncertainty, as well as substantial pushback on generative AI from > the open source community, this approach seems like it's in the best > interests of the project at the moment[0]. We can always reconsider in > the future if need be. I agree. It feels unsafe given the lack of legislation and lack of case law. One thing, though: >> +Hence, the project asks that contributors refrain from using AI content >> +generators on changes that are submitted to the project. >> +Contributions in which use of AI is either known or suspected may not >> +be accepted. This feels more like a suggestion than a requirement. Shouldn't we explicitly prohibit it? If we truly are worried about the copyright-ability of its output. Collin