From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nishanth Aravamudan Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 00:46:55 +0000 Subject: Re: [KJ] [PATCH] linux-2.6.17-rc3-git13 fs/proc/array.c Message-Id: <20060511004655.GF22741@us.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============81265523339393009==" List-Id: References: <445EDBCA.9080702@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <445EDBCA.9080702@gmail.com> To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org --===============81265523339393009== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On 10.05.2006 [15:15:39 -0700], Randy.Dunlap wrote: > On Mon, 8 May 2006 09:40:10 -0700 Greg KH wrote: > > > 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. > > The DCO is about rights and licenses. Tracing the blame isn't > mentioned. So I guess there are two issues, both of which are still somewhat up in the air. 1) Can a minor, or more generally a person who does not divulge a real name, legitimately certify anything mentioned in the DCO? Specifically wrt. the validity of any rights or licenses. 2) Do we require a real name, or a well-known/verified pseudonym, for the Signed-off-by for keeping track of commits and "tracing the blame"? A no to 1) or a yes to 2) are roughly equivalent for this particular case, but maybe only a lawyer can really answer 1)... Thanks, Nish -- Nishanth Aravamudan IBM Linux Technology Center --===============81265523339393009== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Kernel-janitors mailing list Kernel-janitors@lists.osdl.org https://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel-janitors --===============81265523339393009==--