Hi Mateo, it is a tag used by linux kernel and in my opinion we should be aligned with the other projects
Best regards Alin On Fri, 3 Jul 2026, 17:16 Sebastien Lorquet, <[email protected]> wrote: > assisted by or generated by is a lukewarm measure that does nothing to > address the use of these tools. > > "assisted by" over "generated by" is an ego protection measure. > > All of this does nothing to address the core of the problem. It will not > contribute to change the amount of slop inserted into nuttx (or change > maintainer load) in any significant way. > > Sebastien > > > On 7/3/26 16:06, Alin Jerpelea wrote: > > Hi Mateo, > > > > please replace "generated-by" with "Assisted-by" like most projects > > > > *Thanks* > > > > *Alin* > > On Fri, 3 Jul 2026, 17:03 Matteo Golin, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hello everyone, > >> > >> While we continue to discuss an AI policy for NuttX, one thing I think > we > >> can agree on is to adopt the Apache Software Foundation guideline for > >> generative tooling that recommends the following: > >> > >> "When providing contributions authored using generative AI tooling, a > >> recommended practice is for contributors to indicate the tooling used to > >> create the contribution. This should be included as a token in the > source > >> control commit message, for example including the phrase “Generated-by: > ”. > >> This allows for future release tooling to be considered that pulls this > >> content into a machine parsable Tooling-Provenance file" [1] > >> > >> I am proposing a vote on requiring the "Generated-by: " tag for > >> contributions using AI tooling in accordance with the ASF guidelines. If > >> this vote passes, the following text would be added to the contribution > >> guide (section 1.5): > >> > >> "Contributions authored with the use of generative AI-tooling must > include > >> a 'Generated-by:' tag in the commit message to identify the generative > >> tooling that was used in the contribution's creation. This tag should be > >> placed above the 'Signed-off by:' tag in the commit message." > >> > >> And the 'Generated-by: ' tag will be added as a required field in > section > >> 1.6 of the Contribution guide. > >> > >> Best, > >> Matteo > >> > >> [1]: https://www.apache.org/legal/generative-tooling.html > >> >
