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Daniel P. Berrangé 3d40db0efc docs: define policy forbidding use of AI code generators
There has been an explosion of interest in so called AI code
generators. Thus far though, this is has not been matched by a broadly
accepted legal interpretation of the licensing implications for code
generator outputs. While the vendors may claim there is no problem and
a free choice of license is possible, they have an inherent conflict
of interest in promoting this interpretation. More broadly there is,
as yet, no broad consensus on the licensing implications of code
generators trained on inputs under a wide variety of licenses

The DCO requires contributors to assert they have the right to
contribute under the designated project license. Given the lack of
consensus on the licensing of AI code generator output, it is not
considered credible to assert compliance with the DCO clause (b) or (c)
where a patch includes such generated code.

This patch thus defines a policy that the QEMU project will currently
not accept contributions where use of AI code generators is either
known, or suspected.

These are early days of AI-assisted software development. The legal
questions will be resolved eventually. The tools will mature, and we
can expect some to become safely usable in free software projects.
The policy we set now must be for today, and be open to revision. It's
best to start strict and safe, then relax.

Meanwhile requests for exceptions can also be considered on a case by
case basis.

Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
2025-06-24 10:37:56 -04:00
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_templates docs: Add QEMU version information to HTML footer 2021-07-18 10:59:47 +01:00
about contrib/plugins: allow setting of instructions per quantum 2025-06-07 16:40:44 +01:00
config vl: recognize audiodev groups in configuration files 2023-09-22 17:35:11 +02:00
devel docs: define policy forbidding use of AI code generators 2025-06-24 10:37:56 -04:00
interop docs/interop: convert qed_spec.txt to reStructuredText format 2025-06-13 11:09:30 +01:00
specs docs/specs/riscv-iommu: Fixed broken link to external risv iommu document 2025-03-28 16:49:57 +10:00
sphinx docs/qapidoc: linting fixes 2025-06-05 12:08:53 -04:00
sphinx-static docs/qapi-domain: add CSS styling 2025-03-11 10:10:57 +01:00
spin docs: create config/, devel/ and spin/ subdirectories 2017-06-07 18:22:03 +02:00
system * target/i386/kvm: Intel TDX support 2025-05-30 11:41:07 -04:00
tools qemu-nbd: Allow users to adjust handshake limit 2025-02-11 13:45:46 -06:00
user docs/user: Document the %d placeholder and suspend=n QEMU_GDB features 2025-02-10 13:47:59 +00:00
block-replication.txt docs/block-replication.txt: Fix replication top-id command demo 2021-12-17 11:35:00 +01:00
bypass-iommu.txt docs: Add documentation for iommu bypass 2021-07-16 11:10:45 -04:00
COLO-FT.txt chardev: finalize 'reconnect' deprecation 2024-10-28 14:37:25 +08:00
colo-proxy.txt colo: examples: remove mentions of script= and (wrong) downscript= 2024-01-30 21:20:20 +03:00
conf.py include/hw/boards: add warning about changing deprecation logic 2025-05-08 17:11:16 +01:00
defs.rst.inc docs: Fix typo in the default name of the qemu-system-x86_64 binary 2021-04-01 14:28:39 +02:00
glossary.rst docs: disambiguate cross-references 2025-03-11 10:26:52 +01:00
igd-assign.txt vfio/igd: Remove generation limitation for IGD passthrough 2025-05-09 12:42:27 +02:00
image-fuzzer.txt docs: Render binary names as monospaced text 2021-11-22 15:02:38 +01:00
index.rst docs: add a glossary 2025-01-17 10:45:54 +00:00
memory-hotplug.txt docs: Grammar and spelling fixes 2018-07-13 10:16:04 +01:00
meson.build 9p: remove 'proxy' filesystem backend driver 2024-10-03 19:33:25 +02:00
multi-thread-compression.txt docs tests: Fix use of migrate_set_parameter 2023-09-08 13:08:52 +03:00
multiseat.txt docs: Spell QEMU all caps 2021-11-19 10:16:58 +01:00
nvdimm.txt docs/nvdimm: Update nvdimm option value in machine example 2021-09-27 10:57:21 +02:00
pci_expander_bridge.txt docs, tests: do not specify scsi=off 2024-06-05 11:00:56 +02:00
pcie.txt docs/pcie.txt: Replace ioh3420 with pcie-root-port 2023-01-28 06:21:30 -05:00
pcie_pci_bridge.txt docs: add slot when adding new PCIe root port 2021-07-03 03:12:35 -04:00
pcie_sriov.txt pcie_sriov: Ensure VF addr does not overflow 2025-02-20 18:23:19 -05:00
qcow2-cache.txt docs/interop: convert text files to restructuredText 2025-05-29 17:45:10 +01:00
qdev-device-use.txt util: remove support -chardev tty and -chardev parport 2023-01-06 00:51:02 +01:00
qemu-option-trace.rst.inc qemu-option-trace.rst.inc: Don't use option:: markup 2020-11-02 16:52:18 +00:00
qemupciserial.inf docs: Grammar and spelling fixes 2018-07-13 10:16:04 +01:00
rdma.txt docs tests: Fix use of migrate_set_parameter 2023-09-08 13:08:52 +03:00
requirements.txt pythondeps.toml: warn about updates needed to docs/requirements.txt 2024-04-23 17:35:26 +02:00
spice-port-fqdn.txt docs: add spice-port-fqdn.txt 2012-12-17 14:01:41 +01:00
throttle.txt docs: Drop deprecated 'props' from object-add 2021-11-22 15:02:38 +01:00
xbzrle.txt migrate: remove QMP/HMP commands for speed, downtime and cache size 2021-03-18 09:22:55 +00:00
xen-save-devices-state.txt Fix up dangling references to qmp-commands.* in comment and doc 2018-03-02 13:48:26 -06:00