alt Hacker NewsSurprised by that. I expected more openness.
How long until we get "all FOSS code is made by AI and so it's not copyrighted" arguments when using code in unlicensed ways?
It also hides what would be a great signal on which ML models to use to get the best quality code. Like, wouldn't the community like to know which models made the code with the least bugs?
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Its a pointless tag. You can say a tag is required if you use AI, but the linux maintainers know some people are still just going to lie. And they know having this rule will lead to the occasional witch huntwhen someone tries to sus out code that seems AI written but does not have the tag.
They dont think the juice is worth the squeeze. LLMs are just another tool.
Except writing patches to an existing project creates a derivative work, and the original copyright still applies to the project, even though your individual changes are owned by you.
(This is why fan made videos using copyrighted characters can be taken down.)
> Surprised by that. I expected more openness.
You should read reasoning behind the decision.
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/14/linux-kerne...