Re: [KJ] [PATCH] linux-2.6.17-rc3-git13 fs/proc/array.c

From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [KJ] [PATCH] linux-2.6.17-rc3-git13 fs/proc/array.c
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 16:40:10 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060508164010.GA27262@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <445EDBCA.9080702@gmail.com>

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On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 08:18:08AM -0700, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:
> On 08.05.2006 [03:27:10 -0400], Anne Thrax wrote:
> > >Signed-off-by, please.
> > >
> > >And, I must ask, is your name actually Anne Thrax? If not, please use
> > >your real name.
> > >
> > 
> > I would rather not use my real name, as I am only 14 years old.
> 
> I'm not sure I entirely understand how the one stems from the other, but
> I think the spirit of the "personal information" part of the DCO
> (Developer's Certificate of Origin, in Documentation/SubmittingPatches)
> is something like full disclosure. Also, I wonder how, if at all, the
> DCO can be enforced when it involves a minor. I'll defer to Greg on this
> one... at least on whatever precedent exists, I don't expect a legal
> decision, Greg :)

Doesn't matter, we still need a real name.  It's not a legal issue but a
"trace the blame" issue.

thanks,

greg k-h

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