--- title: New Linux Kernel Rules Put The Onus On Humans For AI... description: The Linux kernel project has formalized rules around AI coding assistant usage. Any commit containing AI-generated code must be signed off by a human developer... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/new-linux-kernel-rules-put-the-onus-on-humans-for-ai-tool-usage-fknxtdyqn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: New Linux Kernel Rules Put The Onus On Humans For AI Tool Usage | daily.dev og:description: The Linux kernel project has formalized rules around AI coding assistant usage. Any commit containing AI-generated code must be signed off by a human developer... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/new-linux-kernel-rules-put-the-onus-on-humans-for-ai-tool-usage-fknxtdyqn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fkNXtDYqN.png og:image:alt: New Linux Kernel Rules Put The Onus On Humans For AI Tool Usage og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # New Linux Kernel Rules Put The Onus On Humans For AI Tool Usage **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Linux kernel project has formalized rules around AI coding assistant usage. Any commit containing AI-generated code must be signed off by a human developer who bears full responsibility for code quality and legal issues. Contributors must also declare AI tool usage with an 'Assisted-by:' tag. This contrasts with other open source projects: NetBSD bans AI-generated code outright, cURL shut down its bug bounty due to AI slop submissions, and Mesa requires contributors to demonstrate comprehension of any AI-generated code they submit. Broader concerns persist around vibe-coding harming open source culture and LLM training data potentially violating open source licenses. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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