No disclosure for LLM-generated patch?

Posted Jun 27, 2025 16:57 UTC (Fri) by geofft (subscriber, #59789)
In reply to: No disclosure for LLM-generated patch? by Funcan
Parent article: Supporting kernel development with large language models

> I vaguely remember some llm providers include legal wavers for copyright where they take on the liability, but I can't find one for e.g. copilot right now

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2023/09/07/copi...

"Specifically, if a third party sues a commercial customer for copyright infringement for using Microsoft’s Copilots or the output they generate, we will defend the customer and pay the amount of any adverse judgments or settlements that result from the lawsuit, as long as the customer used the guardrails and content filters we have built into our products."

See also https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/cognitive-service... . The exact legal text seems to be the "Customer Copyright Commitment" section of https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/ForOnli...