3/ Linus weighted in on the "guidelines for tool-generated content" for #Linux debate:
""[…] Honestly, I think the documented rule should not aim to treat AI as anything special at all, and literally just talk about tooling.
Exactly because we've used things like coccinelle (and much simpler tools like 'sed', for that matter) for ages.
IOW, this should all be about "tool-assisted patches should be described as such, and should explain how the tool was used". […]""
See https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgEPve=BO=SOmgEOd4kv76bSbm0jWFzRzcs4Y7EedpgfA@mail.gmail.com/ for details. And the later replies https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wir-u3so=9NiFgG+bWfZHakc47iNy9vZXmSNWSZ+=Ue8g@mail.gmail.com/ and https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=whczwG=+-sAzoWoTY_VOwdFH3b5AkvQbgh+z98=p1iaXA@mail.gmail.com/
The latter contains:
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> Copyright reasons, mainly.
I really don't see the argument.
The copyright issues are all true for all other code too. In fact, the copyright issues are a thing whether tools were involved or not.
Copyright is *always* a thing. […]""
Interesting. So if #LinusTorvalds is fine with #AI tools being used in #linux #kernel development / patches, i'm curious as to what all of you who jumped ship from #Fedora recently are going to use now going forward since linux won't be free of AI.
I see it as something that is inevitable in app dev. where it works and think the maintainers / those submitting AI assisted code should disclose as much.
But for you all or nothings... what will you use instead of linux?
