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 CC58822157B for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:36:08 +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=1762785369; cv=none; b=ZnRvRS+rKsLM4YYXbaGx0z+RGHVWqsFcaobhF2a8vqZHKucGoOqjj0sAFO+em4iGQyEaqi7gGMUDVZ9JHknRI0x7ScnZE9lZoM0EixXAMer6B0QCdFKEsY+3N2daOAbG6wof4wJpescUMxGMcMX3U2Zshq3yX2m9t2R/beIPboI= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1762785369; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Q7rA9FeFvnB3F8DnsKq2e5l2PpdhQNaD7BwJxUHoD8k=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=qxPMlLFKSJkoJBdpK0EhH7uacsSB69H9RlDzF0vEBavgrxOJ0d90jlYlJHLrM8aALKmfr2vafRVhhRp8hsiR2fg2+iwIrEU4HWHT7wUkC0LPrg2o5LoJQ7Sj1QKTR/hqM4GGRRoAi+bT21iiSzQR7qAIcS7w3+tH1vTwmmY4yv8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=Msmm9X+P; 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="Msmm9X+P" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DE175C4CEF5; Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:36:06 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1762785368; bh=Q7rA9FeFvnB3F8DnsKq2e5l2PpdhQNaD7BwJxUHoD8k=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=Msmm9X+P9cV4UnRpdrKEgukHNsLCMOpcBoJ457guIW56w28mnX81UarUxZp1iZO2d YEXoBjmftD1nLeU82Laei2jvJkzgXuwsTirFmTqE5XNFaGsXEqBcGRzpjhl6F/VYDs O6xjkTQ5UR8ixMh3C5RgyGECYeBqBDzT3e2+r0M3m0pu/QNFaS8g5F6COZ9i7iRKZz w9UUXjiOSRSte7VPtNvyPNcslwr59dnJ4OjQzzUuP1f6sIZdlakJKMAGC69k0fcREh 4zLMb918X+PrgjoVBXQA38wX62/oRUfS+Gn5qHhrZ9NTBmXJMJWgWLR6OWexdt6iPi YWcFoqv2plvJg== Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:36:05 +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 v9] CONTRIBUTING.d/ai: Add guidelines banning AI for contributing Message-ID: <999614b18f0b6740603b3df37530144148f342b2.1762785344.git.alx@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.51.0 References: 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: 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 | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+) create mode 100644 CONTRIBUTING.d/ai diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.d/ai b/CONTRIBUTING.d/ai new file mode 100644 index 000000000..91d767785 --- /dev/null +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.d/ai @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +Name + AI - artificial intelligence policy + +Description + It is expressly forbidden to contribute to this project any + content that has been created or derived with the assistance of + AI tools. + + This includes AI assistive tools used in the contributing + process, even if such tools do not directly generate the + contributed code but are used to derive the contribution. For + example, AI linters, AI static analyzers, and AI tools that + summarize input are forbidden. + + 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 Range-diff against v8: 1: b40a7c44c ! 1: 999614b18 CONTRIBUTING.d/ai: Add guidelines banning AI for contributing @@ CONTRIBUTING.d/ai (new) + +Description + It is expressly forbidden to contribute to this project any -+ content that has been created with the assistance of AI tools. ++ content that has been created or derived 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, AI static analyzers, and AI -+ tools that summarize input 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. ++ This includes AI assistive tools used in the contributing ++ process, even if such tools do not directly generate the ++ contributed code but are used to derive the contribution. For ++ example, AI linters, AI static analyzers, and AI tools that ++ summarize input are forbidden. + + Exceptions + As an exception to the above, AI assistive tools which don't base-commit: afdd0a64c5bad49d6030ddc488951aeb50f0b88e -- 2.51.0