Questions about binutils AI policy?

[Mark Wielaard]

Hi Carlos,

On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 10:31:34AM -0500, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> In revision 1 of the policy here:
> https://sourceware.org/binutils/wiki/LLM_Generated_Content
> 
> It says "The GNU Binutils project is currently NOT accepting
> LLM generated patches."
> 
> However, the policy later on says "When submitting a
> non-legally-significant LLM generated change..."
> 
> It seems that this is contradictory because we don't allow
> such content to be accepted, but if submitted it should be
> marked up accordingly, but it will then be ignored.
> 
> Should the discussion about markup be moved to the Footnotes
> for a future policy discussion?

Yes, that would make the policy simpler and more consistent imho. See
also the discussion here:
https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils/20251008200710.GD30855@gnu.wildebeest.org/

Cheers,

Mark