r/linux • • 20h ago

Development Linux Kernel Developers Plan To Remove "Assisted-By" Tag Requirement For AI/LLM Usage

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Dropping-Assisted-By-Req
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u/cakemates 19h ago

I dont care either way, but whats wrong with the assisted by? I use it to contribute and dont mind the label. And the dev should own the code regardless.

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u/TampaPowers 19h ago

Only thing I can think of right now is that perhaps they want to avoid accusations of ai slop thrown at devs that use it responsibly, because most people will just read that label instead of checking whether the code is actually good.

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u/kittymoo67 18h ago

they're already allowing rust slop in