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

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Message-ID: <20251110152550.5d462fb2@gandalf.local.home>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:25:50 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, "H. Peter Anvin"
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v2] Documentation: Provide guidelines for
 tool-generated content

On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:00:54 -0500
Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 02:54:05PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > Probably no difference. I would guess the real liability is for those that
> > use AI to submit patches. With the usual disclaimers of IANAL, I'm assuming
> > that when you place your "Signed-off-by", you are stating that you have the
> > right to submit this code. If it comes down that you did not have the right
> > to submit the code, the original submitter is liable.  
> 
> And if the lawyers come back and say that the submitter is not liable, what's
> to prevent someone from copypasting actual copyrighted code from a proprietary
> source and adding a "Generated-by: Chat j'ai-pété" line to absolve themselves?
> 

Wouldn't that be up to the courts? I shouldn't say "the lawyers come back
and say", it's more like "a court has ruled", and keeping to court
precedent, the lawyers would say "this is how it was ruled before". Of
course, today I'm not really sure how much "precedent" matters :-p

-- Steve