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Thu, 8 Oct 2026 01:53:29 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-ThreadId: ALF2Vz3OCTeZ Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 07:53:09 +0200 From: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" To: "Scott Chacon" , "brian m. carlson" , "Scott Chacon" , git@vger.kernel.org Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <20261007142954.31761-1-scott@gitbutler.net> <20261007142954.31761-2-scott@gitbutler.net> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] SubmittingPatches: allow responsible AI assistance Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 8, 2026, at 06:49, Scott Chacon wrote: > On Wed, Oct 7, 2026 at 11:42=E2=80=AFPM brian m. carlson > wrote: >>[snip] > > I agree that generated output can reproduce material we don't have > permission to distribute (though I think this is incredibly rare for > anything complex). What I question is whether that possibility means > knowing every source in the training set is necessary to make any DCO > certification. > > Human contributors have also read code under many different licenses > (and news articles and blogs) . We don't ask them to account for > everything they've ever read before signing off on a patch. Metaphors gone amok. You don=E2=80=99t regulate how submarines and human= bodies can operate in territorial waters based on the fact that they both swim.= [1] Corporations already have non-compete clauses in order to keep knowledge workers from applying their braincraft to competing businesses. >[snip] > >> I'm a distributor of Git and I don't want to be sued or arrested beca= use >> I end up distributing code that I don't have the right to distribute. >>[snip] > >[snip] > >>[snip] > > I'm not saying that other projects haven't taken positions as > conservative as Git's current policy. I'm saying that much larger > projects with much larger legal surface area such as Linux have > adopted more progressive ones. Linus is fine with it on a project with > the same DCO, the same license, and honestly, a lot more legal > scrutiny. Honestly, if an individual wants to avoid the risk of getting sued over copyright then that=E2=80=99s their prerogative. >[snip] [1] I=E2=80=99m not a lawyer so maybe one does.