[llvm] [docs] Add a section on AI-generated content to the developer policy (PR #91014)

[Reid Kleckner via llvm-commits]

https://github.com/rnk created https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/91014

Governments around the world are starting to require labelling for AI-generated content, and some LLVM stakeholders have asked if LLVM contains AI-generated content. Defining a policy on the use of AI tools allows us to answer that question affirmatively, one way of the other.

The policy proposed here allows the use of AI tools in LLVM contributions, flowing from the idea that any contribution is fine regardless of how it is made, as long as the contributor has the right to license it under the project license.

I will post an RFC on this topic on Discourse before merging this so we can gather input beyond the reviewers I've listed here.

>From d70f0a6018645c5f523e11fd6185023da72e45d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Reid Kleckner <rnk at google.com>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 21:05:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [docs] Add a section on AI-generated content to the developer
 policy

Governments around the world are starting to require labelling for
AI-generated content, and some LLVM stakeholders have asked if LLVM
contains AI-generated content. Defining a policy on the use of AI tools
allows us to answer that question affirmatively, one way of the other.

The policy proposed here allows the use of AI tools in LLVM
contributions, flowing from the idea that any contribution is fine
regardless of how it is made, as long as the contributor has the right
to license it under the project license.
---
 llvm/docs/DeveloperPolicy.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/llvm/docs/DeveloperPolicy.rst b/llvm/docs/DeveloperPolicy.rst
index 5d3731d761a3d6..470688cf3fa0f8 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/DeveloperPolicy.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/DeveloperPolicy.rst
@@ -1305,4 +1305,23 @@ to move code from (e.g.)  libc++ to the LLVM core without concern, but that code
 cannot be moved from the LLVM core to libc++ without the copyright owner's
 permission.
 
+.. _ai contributions:
+
+AI generated contributions
+--------------------------
+
+Artificial intelligence systems raise many questions around copyright that have
+yet to be answered. Our policy on AI tools is guided by our copyright policy:
+contributors are responsible for ensuring that they have the right to contribute
+code under the terms of our license, typically meaning that either they, their
+employer, or their collaborators hold the copyright. Using AI tools to
+regenerate copyrighted material does not remove the copyright, and contributors
+are responsible for ensuring that such material does not appear in their
+contributions.
+
+As such, the LLVM policy is that contributors are permitted to to use artificial
+intelligence tools to produce contributions, provided that they have the right
+to license that code under the project license. Contributions found to violate
+this policy will be removed just like any other offending contribution.
+
 .. _LLVM Discourse forums: https://discourse.llvm.org