[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Introducing policies regarding "AI" contributions

[compn]

On Fri, 4 Jul 2025 01:31:19 +0200, Alexander Strasser via ffmpeg-devel
wrote:

> To find out if it is truly good code someone needs to review it very
> deeply, which is extra hard if it is "AI" generated code as it tends
> to look very plausible; which could waste a lot of time for the people
> looking at it and reviewing it. This also diminishes the actual value
> of the use of "AI" in the first place.

eh, if the code works, it works. if it can create a decoder for a
format that we do not have a decoder for, more power to it. its going
to have bugs (at least until code review models show up) the same as
human code.

i'm guessing it will be better than disassembled code (as we've seen in
the past win32 decoder code submitted and committed...)

for me:

morally: 
not opposed.

copyright:
not opposed, if it was trained on gpl code.

code review/quality:
i agree with alex. if it doesnt conform to ffmpeg code standards, its
better if someone conforms it, or says its non conforming to avoid
lengthy code reviews.

-compn