docs/code-provenance: clarify scope very early

The AI policy in QEMU is not about content generators, it is about generated
content.  Other uses are explicitly not covered.  Rename the policy and clarify
its scope in the TL;DR section, as a matter of convenience to the reader.

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@ Such tools are acceptable to use, provided there is clearly defined copyright
and licensing for their output. Note in particular the caveats applying to AI
content generators below.
Use of AI content generators
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Use of AI-generated content
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TL;DR:
@@ -294,6 +294,10 @@ TL;DR:
believed to include or derive from AI generated content. This includes
ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Llama and similar tools.**
**This policy does not apply to other uses of AI, such as researching APIs
or algorithms, static analysis, or debugging, provided their output is not
included in contributions.**
The increasing prevalence of AI-assisted software development results in a
number of difficult legal questions and risks for software projects, including
QEMU. Of particular concern is content generated by `Large Language Models
@@ -322,10 +326,6 @@ The QEMU project thus requires that contributors refrain from using AI content
generators on patches intended to be submitted to the project, and will
decline any contribution if use of AI is either known or suspected.
This policy does not apply to other uses of AI, such as researching APIs or
algorithms, static analysis, or debugging, provided their output is not to be
included in contributions.
Examples of tools impacted by this policy includes GitHub's CoPilot, OpenAI's
ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Meta's Code Llama, and code/content
generation agents which are built on top of such tools.