[FFmpeg-devel] Re: question about submitting security patches

[Gyan Doshi via ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>]

On 2025-11-11 12:19 pm, Rémi Denis-Courmont via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
>
> Le 11 novembre 2025 04:59:42 GMT+02:00, Michael Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel<ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>  a écrit :
>> Hi Remi
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 06:03:38PM +0200, Rémi Denis-Courmont via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
>>> Le lauantaina 8. marraskuuta 2025, 10.34.24 Itä-Euroopan normaaliaika Thomas
>>> Dullien via ffmpeg-devel a écrit :
>>>> What's the best way to submit these patches? There is the bug tracker,
>>>> there is this mailing list - what's the best way to contribute them?
>>> I don't think that DNN-generated patches are compatible with the LGPL in the
>>> first place, or it is at best very uncertain that they are. So then you cannot
>>> contribute DNN-generated patches in any useful way at all.
>> If you have concrete legal analysis or case law that supports this claim, please share it.
> You can check what LF, Fedora, QEMU, etc, and their lawyers already did on that front.

QEMU is the only one which forbids AI
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/3d40db0efc

The others provide caveats but do provide a pathway for AI contributions.

The Linux Foundation says, "Code or other content generated in whole or 
in part using AI tools can be contributed to Linux Foundation projects.  
..."
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/legal/generative-ai

Fedora says, this, "You *MAY* use AI assistance for contributing to 
Fedora, as long as you follow the principles described below..."
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/council/policy/ai-contribution-policy/

Regards,
Gyan
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