Re: When we detect that a 16550 was in fact part of a NatSemi SuperIO chip

[Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>]

On Sul, 2005-05-22 at 22:50, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> You mean DCO, not OSDL ("Developer's Certificate of Origin").
> 
> And yes, I'll update the SubmittingPatches to state explicitly that the 
> sign-off is a public record.

The DCO yes.

> So how about just something like the appended? Along with making a very 
> public announcement on linux-kernel for the next kernel release (rather 
> than this discussion that is taking place under a fairly obscure subject), 
> that should make sure that people are aware of the fact that the thing 
> isn't exactly private.

It actually doesn't help. EU privacy law rather sensibly is "opt-in".
Putting the statement in the DCO, which is a document and submission
agreement works because you have to agree to it, putting it in a
document is probably not "opt-in".

You have to -actively- agree to the DCO to submit a change, and that is
what makes it work (whether you put something in submitting patches or
not that is more explanatory).