Hi, On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 9:45 PM Robert Kern <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 6:26 PM Matthew Brett via NumPy-Discussion > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Just to clarify - in case it wasn't clear, what I'm floating as a proposal, >> would be something like this, as a message to PR authors: >> >> Please specify one of these: >> >> 1) I wrote this code myself, without looking at significant AI-generated >> code OR >> 2) The code contains AI-generated content, but the AI-generated code is >> sufficiently trivial that it cannot reasonably be subject to copyright OR >> 3) There is non-trivial AI-generated code in this PR, and I have documented >> my searches to confirm that no parts of the code are subject to existing >> copyright. >> >> So - the burden for the reviewer is just to confirm, in case 3, that the >> author has documented their searches. We take the word of the contributor >> for the option they have chosen. Obviously, the documentation requirement >> of case 3 is somewhat of a burden for the contributor, and may therefore >> encourage them to write the code themselves, to avoid that burden. That >> might not be a bad thing, long term, for the project, and it seems >> reasonable to me as some defence against copyright violation, and a message >> that the project cares about such violation. > > > For Case 3, I would love to see an example of the search that you would > accept. If you could take a recent PR (human or AI, doesn't really matter for > this purpose), and show the search that would satisfy you, that would go a > long way towards clarifying what you are asking for here. We'd need a worked > example or two before adopting this policy because if I don't know what you > are asking for, no new contributor will, either.
Yes, that's a reasonable request. But how do you think I should proceed? Make an issue on Numpy, and start drafting? Start another email thread? Or a Discourse / Scientific Python thread? Cheers, Matthew _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/numpy-discussion.python.org Member address: [email protected]
