From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga05.intel.com (mga05.intel.com [192.55.52.43]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47D06C97D for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2023 16:28:26 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1679416106; x=1710952106; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references: mime-version:in-reply-to; bh=Hr322DxSeC3lPm1zZU/EnPvzCUYoZyrRiYM+rG/RZBA=; b=ggv7B6L9IdRy41GBxYHgc6xl7tEDlPYUS9hejNOukW7uRX6Yy6pdWkGD AZ5YPSmg923tNOkCMT0M98hkSBEn9BF3stQRraa32xKenFN6FC4rRAOue qX4lxWfiZTOvNexJo7m2S7taDvcuXiYk+z6pCamV9qVn5Jf9I7dJGc8lM ce2YvoO0NyNeOKtcbMFt757aWTAwklT5f4l3DpIQgYwOT9tD2QWIco/ex O3l+dTOEkqSqTlAQOZYNmnbQKjq42dqbDPJzgiQgOTQsnV+gTpIl+NU4a RjIRUf95zF0eQyGwaQZzCQuTZdhpUUTsTP+Z5fJAWjcPqqIEhAHOGiSdg w==; X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6600,9927,10656"; a="425275003" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.98,279,1673942400"; d="scan'208";a="425275003" Received: from orsmga008.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.65]) by fmsmga105.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 21 Mar 2023 09:28:25 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6600,9927,10656"; a="711855647" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.98,279,1673942400"; d="scan'208";a="711855647" Received: from aschofie-mobl2.amr.corp.intel.com (HELO aschofie-mobl2) ([10.251.21.85]) by orsmga008-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 21 Mar 2023 09:28:25 -0700 Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:28:23 -0700 From: Alison Schofield To: Bru Moreira-Guedes Cc: Kloudifold , outreachy@lists.linux.dev Subject: Re: Questions on legal name/pseudyonym Message-ID: References: <20230321142919.igug3wlouaxuwrwv@guidai> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: outreachy@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20230321142919.igug3wlouaxuwrwv@guidai> On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 11:29:19AM -0300, Bru Moreira-Guedes wrote: > Hello Alison, > > I'm glad I caught this discussion. > > On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 08:43:49AM -0800, Alison Schofield wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 04:10:25PM +0800, Kloudifold wrote: > > > My legal name may change in the next few years, and the Outreachy Community Member Information page said > > > "You may use a pseudonym or abbreviate your given or family names if you have concerns about privacy.", > > > so I use "Kloudifold" as my Outreachy name and intend to use it as signed-off name when making kernel contributions. > > > > > > I would now like to ask if my contribution will be considered by Outreachy if I use a pseudonym? > > > If not, I will use my legal name instead. > > > If it is OK, I intend to keep contributing under the name "Kloudifold". > > > > Hi Kloudifold, > > > > I'm glad this came up because I needed to learn the latest on this > > topic. My prior knowledge was 'no pseudonyms', but I see the kernel > > has recently changed that: > > > > d4563201f33a0 Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst (Linus Torvalds 2023-02-26 11:25:04 -0800 410) using a known identity (sorry, no anonymous contributions.) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > > index 7dc94555417d..fab44ae732e3 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > > @@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ then you just add a line saying:: > > > > Signed-off-by: Random J Developer > > > > -using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.) > > +using a known identity (sorry, no anonymous contributions.) > > This will be done for you automatically if you use ``git commit -s``. > > Reverts should also include "Signed-off-by". ``git revert -s`` does that > > for you. > > Do you think it could also be applied to social names? I'm not sure this > is a known term in english-speaking culture, but in my country a social > name is a name differing from the legal one to which trans people (like > me) are entitled to be referred to. At least for public and some private > services. > > I have recently decided to use 'Bru' rather than my gender-marked legal > name 'Bruno', and I am in doubt on whether this fits into the concept of > 'known identity' (since, well, this had been a very recent change and > it's not exactly 'known'). > > I have been thinking about that a couple of weeks ago. Hi Bru, You can read the full text of the DCO guideline and the kernel patch: https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/659fd32c86dc/dco-guidelines.md https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d4563201f33a022fc0353033d9dfeb1606a88330 It sounds like your name change situation is within the guidelines. (But I'm not a lawyer and I don't play one on TV ;)) Alison > > Best, > Bru Moreira-Guedes > Autistic & Proud > They/them