linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [v2] Documentation: Provide guidelines for tool-generated content

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Message-ID: <A274AB1C-8B6B-4004-A2BC-D540260A5771@zytor.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:18:13 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
CC: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "workflows@...r.kernel.org" <workflows@...r.kernel.org>,
        "ksummit@...ts.linux.dev" <ksummit@...ts.linux.dev>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v2] Documentation: Provide guidelines for tool-generated content

On November 10, 2025 11:05:44 AM PST, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 at 10:39, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org> wrote:
>>
>> The novelty here is that AI does not only transform the code, it can
>> generate it from scratch en masse.
>
>And why would that make any difference to the basic rules for us?
>
>  "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"
>
>It's a change in degree, not in any fundamentals.
>
>                Linus
>
>

Copyright reasons, mainly.