Re: [PATCH] docs/zh_CN: update maintainer/configure-git.rst translation

[Weijie Yuan <wy@wyuan.org>]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 07:20:56AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Weijie Yuan <wy@wyuan.org> writes:
> 
> > Upstream documented the common 'git tag -s' workflow and cleaned up
> > unneeded RST markup. It briefly updated the automatic lore Link: hook
> > for Git 2.41 and HTTPS, then removed that guidance because Link: tags
> > should only point to useful additional information.
> >
> > Add a SPDX-License-Identifier.
> >
> > Remove a useless top-of-file label, as Jon always tries to do.
> >
> > Update the translation through commit 944df7a31452
> > ("docs: update the guidance for Link: tags").
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Weijie Yuan <wy@wyuan.org>
> > ---
> > Hi Jon, I added a SPDX-License-Identifier for this file while the
> > original English one doesn't have one yet. Should I do that? / Is it
> > "legal" to do so? , if XiangCheng would be happy with what I'm doing.
> 
> It's sort of an interesting case, actually.
> 
> We don't know what license the original contributor intended, so it is
> hard to add an SPDX line to the original file.  That contributor hasn't
> been seen in the community for a while, so it may or may not be easy to
> track him down and ask.
> 
> A translation, though, is a derived product.  Since everything in the
> kernel *can* be distributed under GPLv2, it is fair to say that your
> work is GPLv2, so the result of the translation effort must be too.

Yes, this is exactly what I'm thinking about.

> That said, I think it's better to stick with the original where
> possible.

OK, agreed. Will do that.

> Note, however, that I am *not* a lawyer, and that taking legal advice
> from me is probably a bad idea :)

Aha, yes. ;) Then I'd better be cautious.

Thanks!