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Tsirkin" , Gerd Hoffmann , Mark Cave-Ayland , Philippe =?utf-8?Q?Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= , Kevin Wolf , Stefan Hajnoczi , Alexander Graf , Paolo Bonzini , Richard Henderson , Peter Maydell , Stefan Hajnoczi Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] docs: define policy forbidding use of AI code generators In-Reply-To: <20250605105219.261925-4-armbru@redhat.com> (Markus Armbruster's message of "Thu, 5 Jun 2025 12:52:19 +0200") References: <20250605105219.261925-1-armbru@redhat.com> <20250605105219.261925-4-armbru@redhat.com> User-Agent: mu4e 1.12.11; emacs 30.1 Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:58:57 +0100 Message-ID: <87y0u65ly6.fsf@draig.linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::530; envelope-from=alex.bennee@linaro.org; helo=mail-ed1-x530.google.com X-Spam_score_int: 12 X-Spam_score: 1.2 X-Spam_bar: + X-Spam_report: (1.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_SBL_CSS=3.335, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Markus Armbruster writes: > From: Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 > > There has been an explosion of interest in so called AI code > generators. Thus far though, this is has not been matched by a broadly > accepted legal interpretation of the licensing implications for code > generator outputs. While the vendors may claim there is no problem and > a free choice of license is possible, they have an inherent conflict > of interest in promoting this interpretation. More broadly there is, > as yet, no broad consensus on the licensing implications of code > generators trained on inputs under a wide variety of licenses > > The DCO requires contributors to assert they have the right to > contribute under the designated project license. Given the lack of > consensus on the licensing of AI code generator output, it is not > considered credible to assert compliance with the DCO clause (b) or (c) > where a patch includes such generated code. > > This patch thus defines a policy that the QEMU project will currently > not accept contributions where use of AI code generators is either > known, or suspected. > > These are early days of AI-assisted software development. The legal > questions will be resolved eventually. The tools will mature, and we > can expect some to become safely usable in free software projects. > The policy we set now must be for today, and be open to revision. It's > best to start strict and safe, then relax. > > Meanwhile requests for exceptions can also be considered on a case by > case basis. > > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 > Acked-by: Stefan Hajnoczi > Reviewed-by: Kevin Wolf > Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster Reviewed-by: Alex Benn=C3=A9e --=20 Alex Benn=C3=A9e Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro