Re: [PATCH] Documentation: remove the requirement for LLM attribution

Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:13:51 -0600
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.workflows,org.kernel.vger.linux-doc,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Greg KH <[email protected]> writes:

> On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 10:32:48AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
>> We've had this requirement in place in the Documentation for several
>> months, but it's becoming clear that the signal to noise ratio from this
>> is quite low.
>> 
>> 1/ It's not universally followed. While many people do try to attribute
>> the LLMs in good faith, not everyone does for various reasons.
>
> Then let's move to get people to follow it.

FWIW, in my experience, simple ignorance of the rules is one of the
biggest reasons why so many people fail to follow them.  When I've asked
docs contributors about the source of their work, they tend to come
clean, apologize, and add the tags going forward.

jon