As suggested by Christian, I have applied his patch to a branch and simplified the changelog, see below.
I'm nervous about applying it still because I don't think it's my role to set this sort of policy; I really want to feel that there is a consensus behind it. So there's some additional CCs here because I would like to hear from some folks: - This policy document originally came out of the TAB; is the TAB (on CC) OK with this change? - At least one maintainer (on CC) have said that they currently strip Assisted-by tags out of patches before applying them, a practice that would seem to undermine the whole policy. Would this change be sufficient to end that practice? Thanks, jon >From c31aa376a355e3b84b9e87ae1dbe19b394d4c82c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Brauner <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 17:54:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] coding-assistants: simplify attribution The requirement to identify specific models used in the Assisted-by tag provides free advertising to proprietary software companies while adding little or no useful information. Change the requirement to simply: Assisted-by: LLM to capture the fact that an LLM was used without tracking which one. Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Jori Koolstra <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> --- Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst index 899f4459c52d..fe34f3e7e828 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst @@ -43,12 +43,8 @@ When AI tools contribute to kernel development, proper attribution helps track the evolving role of AI in the development process. Contributions should include an Assisted-by tag in the following format:: - Assisted-by: AGENT_NAME:MODEL_VERSION [TOOL1] [TOOL2] + Assisted-by: LLM [TOOL1] [TOOL2] -Where: - -* ``AGENT_NAME`` is the name of the AI tool or framework -* ``MODEL_VERSION`` is the specific model version used * ``[TOOL1] [TOOL2]`` are optional specialized analysis tools used (e.g., coccinelle, sparse, smatch, clang-tidy) @@ -56,4 +52,4 @@ Basic development tools (git, gcc, make, editors) should not be listed. Example:: - Assisted-by: Claude:claude-3-opus coccinelle sparse + Assisted-by: LLM coccinelle sparse -- 2.55.0
