Add AI usage guideline

process/process_areas/process_management/guidance/ai_usage_guideline.rst

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+..
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+..
+   AI Disclosure: This file was largely AI-generated. The AI-generated
+   portions are made available under CC0-1.0 and not subject to the
+   project's license. The human contributor has reviewed and verified
+   that the content is correct.
+   SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 AND CC0-1.0
+   Assisted-by: Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 (claude-opus-5-5)
+
+.. _ai_usage_guideline:
+
+AI Usage Guideline
+##################
+
+.. gd_guidl:: Usage of Generative AI
+   :id: gd_guidl__ai_usage
+   :status: valid
+   :version: 1
+   :tags: process_management
+
+   This guideline defines how the
+   `Eclipse Generative AI Usage Guidelines <https://www.eclipse.org/projects/guidelines/genai/>`_,
+   made applicable by :need:`wp__policies`, are applied in the project. It applies to every
+   contribution to the project, independent of the repository and the kind of content,
+   including issues, pull requests and review comments.
+
+   The Eclipse guidelines remain the governing document. This guideline only makes them
+   concrete where the Eclipse guidelines leave a choice to the project.
+
+Responsibility
+==============
+
+#. The contributor (:need:`Contributor <rl__contributor>`) shall be responsible for every
+   change they submit, independent of whether it was created with the help of a generative AI
+   tool. The contributor shall have reviewed and understood every change and shall be able to
+   defend it in the review.
+#. The use of a generative AI tool shall not reduce the scope of the review, the acceptance
+   criteria or the automated checks that apply to a contribution.
+
+Disclosure
+==========
+
+#. The contributor shall disclose the use of a generative AI tool, if the AI contributed in a
+   way for which a human would be given credit.
+
+   No disclosure is required for trivial assistance, for example spelling and grammar
+   corrections, formatting, code completion of single statements or rote boilerplate that
+   the contributor modifies and supplements.
+
+#. The disclosure shall be given where the AI-assisted content is created:
+
+   - for changes in a repository, as ``Assisted-by:`` trailer in the message of every affected
+     commit;
+   - for issues, pull request descriptions and comments whose text is AI-assisted, as
+     ``Assisted-by:`` line in that text.
+
+#. The AI tool shall be identified in the following format, as complete as possible:
+
+   .. code-block:: text
+
+      Assisted-by: <Provider> <Model> (<Version/ID>)
+
+   Examples:
+
+   .. code-block:: text
+
+      Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot (GPT-4o-2024-08-06)
+      Assisted-by: Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 (claude-opus-5-5)
+
+   If several AI tools were used, one ``Assisted-by:`` line per tool shall be given.
+
+#. A file that is largely or entirely AI-generated shall carry, in addition to the standard
+   copyright header of the project, an AI disclosure block directly below it:
+
+   .. code-block:: text
+
+      AI Disclosure: This file was largely AI-generated. The AI-generated
+      portions are made available under CC0-1.0 and not subject to the
+      project's license. The human contributor has reviewed and verified
+      that the content is correct.
+      SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 AND CC0-1.0
+      Assisted-by: <Provider> <Model> (<Version/ID>)
+
+   The copyright header of the project shall stay unchanged, so that the automated copyright
+   checks keep working.
+
+Review and Merge
+================
+
+#. Every merge into a repository of the project shall be approved by a human committer
+   (:need:`Committer <rl__committer>`). AI agents or bots shall not push directly to protected
+   branches or merge pull requests.
+#. A committer may reject an AI-assisted contribution that they do not understand or are not
+   willing to maintain, or request that it is split into smaller pull requests.
+#. A committer shall request the missing disclosure, if a contribution appears to be
+   AI-assisted and is not disclosed.
+
+Functional Safety and Security
+==============================
+
+#. AI-assisted content in safety or security related work products shall follow the same
+   process, review and verification requirements as any other content. No additional rules
+   apply.
+#. AI tools used to create or verify work products shall be identified and evaluated like any
+   other tool according to Tool Management (:need:`wf__tool_evaluate_tool`). A qualification of
+   AI tools is not intended. Therefore the output of an AI tool shall not be used as work product
+   or verification evidence without human review.

process/process_areas/process_management/guidance/index.rst

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Guidance
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   ai_usage_guideline
    process_management_guideline
    process_management_templates
    process_management_reqs

process/process_areas/process_management/process_management_workflow.rst

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ For a detailed explanation of workflows and their role within the process model,
    :supported_by: rl__safety_external_auditor[version==1], rl__security_external_auditor[version==1], rl__project_lead[version==1]
    :input: wp__policies[version==1], wp__issue_track_system[version==1]
    :output: wp__process_strategy[version==1], wp__policies[version==1]
-   :contains: gd_guidl__process_management[version==1], gd_temp__process_workflow[version==1]
+   :contains: gd_guidl__process_management[version==1], gd_guidl__ai_usage[version==1], gd_temp__process_workflow[version==1]
    :has: doc_concept__process_management[version==1], doc_getstrt__process_management[version==1]
 
    The process management strategy is created and maintained. Policies are

process/process_areas/process_management/process_management_workproducts.rst

@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ Here only project specific work products are listed, which are generic for the p
    `Eclipse Foundation Functional Safety Process <https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/emo-team/policies/functional-safety-process/-/blob/main/source/fsp.adoc?ref_type=heads>`_)
    applies.
 
-   Concerning the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence
-   `Usage Guidelines <https://www.eclipse.org/projects/guidelines/genai/>`_ applies.
+   Concerning the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence the Eclipse Foundation
+   `Generative AI Usage Guidelines <https://www.eclipse.org/projects/guidelines/genai/>`_
+   apply. Their application in the project is defined in :need:`gd_guidl__ai_usage`.
 
    Project specific Policies for functional safety and cybersecurity may extend the
    ones from ECLIPSE.