From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8C14C264634 for ; Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:21:08 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1761657668; cv=none; b=N5gBDYZPMaxPgvqrMj7MLOU3IW5jD/C8286WkIur3sYytMa3bHBBA5hxtei+RVuz7hdGz/Bln1rHDUZdossQSO3bCquMlqAVxVRoDtgrrawzN21Qz3hqQm8HjCJzCG83pDP6JWTMkfspAGkcqp02xk+6ap5B4ulkW1z/RvxCxx4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1761657668; c=relaxed/simple; bh=B35qN5qIWoh52tU90Dz4GdXOS7QhoOAnw2iGZG9ATLY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=CMyluwkq2mNOVQ93xMU/QrAwS0z78P1H/6ZM4DFNLmjJ4UPUsRSD2dxfXUlXgztMdSMO22l0wO53jHwOKBNRmpZOkTBU6pbUdBhquJ7JodJt4xV1W8/EGQzQW1wEEDv8D5JU/bUFaDSM4br7x3Qj5bbHkxyVMcbWpFr0lRAhGDs= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=ToZKXy+S; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="ToZKXy+S" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9BEA9C4CEF7; Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:21:06 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1761657668; bh=B35qN5qIWoh52tU90Dz4GdXOS7QhoOAnw2iGZG9ATLY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=ToZKXy+S+xKjbPyNPNxcm9b+fTj5D361HohOqN6CG2obS+AP0qajc5gmT+uJMIF81 ApFMWbkwh5h3pt56LoXhnLG7ohDA41kfstjmkeSQqrshKkNXWeN2YbiWFvrEUVmJXt PItmFhEFOJQfBZuSVC3A6tDtiT+kN13Meg47G77Sc4d5i1I8jjmfUR3dhxNKVq05Z1 VdOXqxcz3e/OL7522XYNiMo1MF95Lex6Hp+BdKqRjXa0jUCyYElB5e3EilQ31K7Ct6 EVD1PyaO+NrhOb3yCLy4x9DKsNIApFfd7yCa6X9cqSarouqldyzRR4xBEpXWzLkwfs 3ThT+FDfDWI5A== Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:21:04 +0100 From: Alejandro Colomar To: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Cc: Alejandro Colomar , Carlos O'Donell , Collin Funk , Sam James , "G. Branden Robinson" Subject: [PATCH v7] CONTRIBUTING.d/ai: Add guidelines banning AI for contributing Message-ID: <299541d41bc305e65971801d06131941127eb99d.1761657613.git.alx@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.51.0 References: <07d0b354caffa459dd8a40d31fefcf5315513a40.1761586102.git.alx@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <07d0b354caffa459dd8a40d31fefcf5315513a40.1761586102.git.alx@kernel.org> This policy is based on the Gentoo policy (see link below). However, I've modified our text to be more restrictive. Cc: Carlos O'Donell Cc: Collin Funk Cc: Sam James Cc: "G. Branden Robinson" Link: Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar --- CONTRIBUTING.d/ai | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+) create mode 100644 CONTRIBUTING.d/ai diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.d/ai b/CONTRIBUTING.d/ai new file mode 100644 index 000000000..95784872a --- /dev/null +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.d/ai @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +Name + AI - artificial intelligence policy + +Description + It is expressly forbidden to contribute to this project any + content that has been created with the assistance of AI tools. + + This also includes AI assistive tools used in the contributing + process, even if such tools do not generate the contributed + code. For example, AI linters and AI static analyzers are + forbidden. + + If for some reason, a contributor receives information from an + AI tool unintentionally, it should actively try to not use that + information, and should also disclose the incident when + contributing. + + Exceptions + As an exception to the above, AI assistive tools which don't + have any influence on the contribution other than enabling the + contributor to work with their computer (e.g., screen reader, + text to speech) --where the contributor verifies the output to + the best of their ability-- are allowed, and the contributor + need not disclose their use. + + Concerns + Copyright concerns. + At this point, the regulations concerning copyright of + generated contents are still emerging worldwide. Using + such material could pose a danger of copyright + violations, but it could also weaken claims to copyright + and void the guarantees given by copyleft licensing. + + Quality concerns. + Popular LLMs are really great at generating plausibly + looking, but meaningless content. They pose both the + risk of lowering the quality of a project, and of + requiring an unfair human effort from contributors and + maintainers to review contributions and detect the + mistakes resulting from the use of AI. + + Ethical concerns. + The business side of AI boom is creating serious ethical + concerns. Among them: + + - Commercial AI projects are frequently indulging in + blatant copyright violations to train their models. + - Their operations are causing concerns about the huge + use of energy, water, and other natural resources. + - The advertising and use of AI models has caused + a significant harm to employees and reduction of + service quality. + - LLMs have been empowering all kinds of spam and scam + efforts. + +Caveats + This policy can be revisited, should a case been made over such + a tool that does not pose copyright, quality, or ethical + concerns. + +Copyright + Text derived from --but different than-- the Gentoo project + AI policy + . + + SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0 base-commit: cef39ff51bfd016d7079baefbf2a39f0fed7549b -- 2.51.0