On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 09:26:32PM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 05:49:01PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote: > > Both of these guidelines are complimentary to one another - one specifying > > guidelines on AI coding assistants, and the other specifying those for > > tool-generated content. > > > > Since they are complimentary to one another, provide a link to each in the > > other. > > > > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]> > > --- > > Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst | 4 ++++ > > Documentation/process/generated-content.rst | 7 +++++++ > > 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst > > b/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst > > index 899f4459c52d..6125ee4914c5 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst > > @@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ kernel development process: > > * Documentation/process/coding-style.rst > > * Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > > > > +For guidelines on content generated by AI coding assistants see: > > + > > +* Documentation/process/generated-content.rst > > + > > It could be worth it checking if this increases the likelyhood that an > agent would include a disclosure statement in patches. I would have > assumed that the "Attribution" section in this file to be enough. Has > anyone ever tried to understand why it doesn't work and if it can be > improved ?
I don't think so AFAIK. I think people generally are aware of the Assisted-by as a thing, but perhaps less so of the generated content guidelines, so hopefully this helps that a little! > > Maybe a stronger statement would help here: > > "Furthermore, AI tools must follow the guidelines for generated content > documented in Documentation/process/generated-content.rst." I mean I would like that actually, _but_, I wanted to keep this as neutral as possible for the time being so we can first establish the links without controversy ;) Then we can perhaps separately think about making the language a little more insistent :) > > > Licensing and Legal Requirements > > ================================ > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/generated-content.rst > > b/Documentation/process/generated-content.rst > > index 08621e50a462..aad2caad9f8b 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/process/generated-content.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/process/generated-content.rst > > @@ -107,3 +107,10 @@ the resulting changes. > > > > If you do so anyway, maintainers are entitled to reject your series > > without detailed review. > > + > > +References > > +========== > > + > > +For specific guidelines on AI coding assistants, see: > > + > > +* Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst > > -- > Regards, > > Laurent Pinchart Cheers, Lorenzo
