r/linux • u/MMORPGDev • 19h 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/glowtape 17h ago

Meh, AI use should be attributed, so if things fuck up, and eventually keep fucking up, one can do root cause analysis.

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u/banana_slurp_jug 16h ago

No, it's essentially removing all possibility of "My agent messed up" as an excuse on a pull request. A developer will take complete and sole ownership of a pull request regardless of the origin of the code.

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u/glowtape 16h ago

If that keeps happening, ban their contributions. It'd probably happen way quicker, if the actual reason for the bad code is known, than when it's being obfuscated and the dev's going "Oh jolly gee, I have lot to learn" and getting second chances all the damn time.