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/ITaggie 13h ago

A developer will take complete and sole ownership of a pull request regardless of the origin of the code.

That's already part of the agreement, LLM use or not