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 <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
 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
+responsibility for the entire contents of the patch, including any parts
+that were generated or assisted by AI tools or other tools.
-- 
2.51.0

On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 05:48:42PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini 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 <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> ---
>  docs/devel/code-provenance.rst | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>

On Mon, 22 Sept 2025 at 16:48, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> 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 <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> ---
>  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 <peter.maydell@linaro.org>

thanks
-- PMM