From: Paolo Bonzini Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:45:21 +0000 (+0200) Subject: docs/code-provenance: clarify scope very early X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1f64df25477eff72779b000588cb821c654f26b7;p=thirdparty%2Fqemu.git docs/code-provenance: clarify scope very early The AI policy in QEMU is not about content generators, it is about generated content. Other uses are explicitly not covered. Rename the policy and clarify its scope in the TL;DR section, as a matter of convenience to the reader. Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- diff --git a/docs/devel/code-provenance.rst b/docs/devel/code-provenance.rst index b5aae2e2532..dc3524ac177 100644 --- a/docs/devel/code-provenance.rst +++ b/docs/devel/code-provenance.rst @@ -285,8 +285,8 @@ Such tools are acceptable to use, provided there is clearly defined copyright and licensing for their output. Note in particular the caveats applying to AI content generators below. -Use of AI content generators -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Use of AI-generated content +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TL;DR: @@ -294,6 +294,10 @@ TL;DR: believed to include or derive from AI generated content. This includes ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Llama and similar tools.** + **This policy does not apply to other uses of AI, such as researching APIs + or algorithms, static analysis, or debugging, provided their output is not + included in contributions.** + The increasing prevalence of AI-assisted software development results in a number of difficult legal questions and risks for software projects, including QEMU. Of particular concern is content generated by `Large Language Models @@ -322,10 +326,6 @@ The QEMU project thus requires that contributors refrain from using AI content generators on patches intended to be submitted to the project, and will decline any contribution if use of AI is either known or suspected. -This policy does not apply to other uses of AI, such as researching APIs or -algorithms, static analysis, or debugging, provided their output is not to be -included in contributions. - Examples of tools impacted by this policy includes GitHub's CoPilot, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Meta's Code Llama, and code/content generation agents which are built on top of such tools.