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

[Michael Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>]

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Hi Kieran

On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 03:52:17AM +0000, Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Nov 2025, 03:07 Michael Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel, <
> ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Kieran
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 12:09:00AM -0800, Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel
> > wrote:
> > > On Mon, 10 Nov 2025, 19:00 Michael Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel, <
> > > ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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.
> > > >
> > >
> > > If an LLM was trained on the leaked Microsoft Windows source code and it
> > > used elements of that code when asked to write an FFmpeg patch, would
> > that
> > > patch be acceptable in your eyes?
> >
> > If a human was trained on the leaked Microsoft Windows source code and he
> > used elements of that code when asked to write an FFmpeg patch, would that
> > patch be acceptable in your eyes?
> >
> > We should forbid human written code?
> >
> 
> An AI is not a human.
> 
> AIs have been shown to regurgitate copyrighted material when asked to solve
> a problem.

Humans have done that as well, still we allow human contributions

thx

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