The #QEMU contribution policy is being updated to make it clear we don't currently accept #llm generated code: https://patchew.org/QEMU/20250603142524.4043193-1-armbru@redhat.com/
Where's the legal line between LLMs trained on vast copyrighted codebases and human developers who've read copyrighted code? The #law hasn't caught up to clarify this distinction yet. There are certainly arguments the process of generation might not be novel or human enough that the result can be copyrighted anyway.
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