Re: Ballot option: Allow AI-Assisted Contributions

Tiago Bortoletto Vaz <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:05:41 -0400

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Hi Simon,

On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 10:45:15AM +0900, Simon Richter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 7/24/26 3:57 AM, Tiago Bortoletto Vaz wrote:
> 
> > > 4. **Explicit Disclosure:** When a significant portion of the contribution
> > >     is taken from a tool without manual modification, contributors should
> > >     disclose the tool's use. This may be recorded using Git trailers, such as
> > >     `Generated-By:` or `Assisted-By:`.
> 
> > I'd avoid proposing the tool here. I fear our commits will be infected by badly
> > intended promotion of this or that tool. Perhaps you could rephrase it a bit to
> > encourage the disclosure of AI usage, without mentioning the tool behind it
> > specifically?
> 
> No, we need a single standardized machine-readable way.

I don't disagree, but is the current GR really the best place to define such a
standard? I'm not sure, but I'm open to hearing more.

> The jury is still out on whether AI generated code can be copyrighted, and
> if the decision ends up being that it cannot, we need to delete the
> corresponding copyright attributions (as far as they don't overlap with
> valid ones).

To be honest, I'm inclined to think it's perhaps too early for a vote, so I
believe it's preferable to have less prescriptive ballots at this point.

Bests,

-- 
Tiago Bortoletto Vaz

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