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Linux lays down the law on AI-generated code, says yes to Copilot, no to AI slop, and humans take the fall for mistakes — after months of fierce debate, Torvalds and maintainers come to an agreement (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

No, it’s not a reasonable approach. Make people be the authors of the code they submit is reasonable, because then it can be released under the GPL. AI generated code is public domain.

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

I suppose there should be no code generators, assemblers, compilers, linkers, or lsp’s then either? Just etching 1’s and 0’s?

[–] ziproot@lemmy.ml 1 points 42 minutes ago

Isn’t that the rule? The author has to be a human?

The new guidelines mandate that AI agents cannot use the legally binding "Signed-off-by" tag, requiring instead a new "Assisted-by" tag for transparency. Ultimately, the policy legally anchors every single line of AI-generated code and any resulting bugs or security flaws firmly onto the shoulders of the human submitting it.