On Mon, 22 Sept 2025 at 16:48, Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]> wrote: > > Using phrasing from https://openinfra.org/legal/ai-policy (with just > "commit" replaced by "submission", because we do not submit changes > as commits but rather emails), clarify that the contributor remains > responsible for its copyright or license status. > > [This is not my preferred phrasing. I would prefer something lighter > like "the "Signed-off-by" label in the contribution gives the author > responsibility". But for the sake of not reinventing the wheel I am > keeping the exact words from the OpenInfra policy.] > > Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]> > --- > docs/devel/code-provenance.rst | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/docs/devel/code-provenance.rst b/docs/devel/code-provenance.rst > index 103e0a97d76..41062f29639 100644 > --- a/docs/devel/code-provenance.rst > +++ b/docs/devel/code-provenance.rst > @@ -341,3 +341,9 @@ or more general revisions. This can be done by contacting > the qemu-devel > mailing list with details of a proposed tool, model, usage scenario, etc. > that is beneficial to QEMU, while still mitigating the legal risks to the > project. After discussion, any exception will be listed below. > + > +Exceptions do not remove the need for authors to comply with all other > +requirements for contribution. In particular, the "Signed-off-by" > +label in a patch submissions is a statement that the author takes
grammar nit: "submission". > +responsibility for the entire contents of the patch, including any parts > +that were generated or assisted by AI tools or other tools. otherwise Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <[email protected]> thanks -- PMM
