Re: GR -- Allow AI-Assisted Contributions

On Mon, 2 Mar 2026, Theodore Tso wrote:

>If the intent is *not* to force the Linux kernel into non-free, the
>wording in [1] needs to be clarified.

It’s fine if the maintainers revert known slop commits in
debian/patches/ files.

rsyslog will have to go, though. IMHO it already should.

>redefine) "free" to mean "no LLM generated work, regardless of the
>legal copyright impliciations in a particular legal regime", then

No. If the complete corresponding source to the LLM is available
and can be checked (reproducible builds-like), and all of the
licences on all the works are honoured for output produced from
inferencing the model, then it’s fine copyright-wise.

>Just as in last year, I don't think the project as a whole is ready
>for a vote on the GR.

I don’t fully disagree. This is forced by the people actively
trying to allow slop in.

bye,
//mirabilos
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