AI assistance when contributing to the Linux kernel

Post by streetfighter64 » Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 10:35 AM UTC

jcelerier wrote: post #228

streetfighter64 wrote: post #58

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Yeah, but that's not a useful thing to do because not everybody thinks about that or considers it a problem. If somebody's careless and contributes copyrighted code, that's a problem for linux too, not only the author. For comparison, you wouldn't say, "you're free to use a pair of dice to decide what material to build the bridge out of, as long as you take responsibility if it falls down", because then of course som…

> Preventing the problem from the beginning is better than ensuring you have somebody to blame for the problem when it happens. that's assuming that the problems and incentives are the same for everyone. Someone whose uncle happens to own a bridge repair company would absolutely be incentivized to say > "you're free to use a pair of dice to decide what material to build the bridge out of, as long as you take responsi…

Post by martin-t » Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC

lrvick wrote: post #449

martin-t wrote: post #286

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You are agreeing with me, you just don't know it yet. 1) The financial aspect: As you say, more and more advanced DRM requires more and more advanced tools. Even assuming advanced AI can guide any human to do the physical part, that still means you have to pay for the hardware. And the hardware has to be available (companies have been known to harass people into giving up perfectly moral and legal projects). 2) The l…

> The financial aspect: As you say, more and more advanced DRM requires more and more advanced tools Yeah I have broken cutting edge $15,000 HSMs used by fintech companies, with a flash drive. Not worried about this. Most HSM designers are solving for compliance, not security. > The legal aspect: Possession of burglary tools is illegal in some places. A security researcher like myself would be crazy to live in those…