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Tsirkin" To: Alex =?iso-8859-1?Q?Benn=E9e?= Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Peter Maydell , Philippe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathieu-Daud=E9?= , Daniel Henrique Barboza , Pierrick Bouvier , Harsh Prateek Bora , Marcel Apfelbaum , Jiaxun Yang , Halil Pasic , Christian Borntraeger , qemu-ppc@nongnu.org, Daniel Henrique Barboza , Alexandre Iooss , qemu-riscv@nongnu.org, Thomas Huth , Bernhard Beschow , Thomas Huth , Eric Farman , Bin Meng , qemu-s390x@nongnu.org, Niek Linnenbank , qemu-arm@nongnu.org, John Snow , Wainer dos Santos Moschetta , Cleber Rosa , qemu-rust@nongnu.org, Nicholas Piggin , Daniel =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=2E_Berrang=E9?= , Palmer Dabbelt , Markus Armbruster , Weiwei Li , Mahmoud Mandour , Mark Cave-Ayland , Liu Zhiwei , Aurelien Jarno , Ani Sinha , Alistair Francis , Stefan Hajnoczi , Richard Henderson Subject: Re: [PATCH 39/39] docs: explicitly permit a "commonly known identity" with SoB Message-ID: <20241126162651-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <20241121165806.476008-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org> <20241121165806.476008-40-alex.bennee@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20241121165806.476008-40-alex.bennee@linaro.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=mst@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -29 X-Spam_score: -3.0 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.0 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.931, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 04:58:06PM +0000, Alex Bennée wrote: > From: Daniel P. Berrangé > > The docs for submitting a patch describe using your "Real Name" with > the Signed-off-by line. Although somewhat ambiguous, this has often > been interpreted to mean someone's legal name. > > In recent times, there's been a general push back[1] against the notion > that use of Signed-off-by in a project automatically requires / implies > the use of legal ("real") names and greater awareness of the downsides. > > Full discussion of the problems of such policies is beyond the scope of > this commit message, but at a high level they are liable to marginalize, > disadvantage, and potentially result in harm, to contributors. > > TL;DR: there are compelling reasons for a person to choose distinct > identities in different contexts & a decision to override that choice > should not be taken lightly. > > A number of key projects have responded to the issues raised by making > it clear that a contributor is free to determine the identity used in > SoB lines: > > * Linux has clarified[2] that they merely expect use of the > contributor's "known identity", removing the previous explicit > rejection of pseudonyms. > > * CNCF has clarified[3] that the real name is simply the identity > the contributor chooses to use in the context of the community > and does not have to be a legal name, nor birth name, nor appear > on any government ID. > > Since we have no intention of ever routinely checking any form of ID > documents for contributors[4], realistically we have no way of knowing > anything about the name they are using, except through chance, or > through the contributor volunteering the information. IOW, we almost > certainly already have people using pseudonyms for contributions. > > This proposes to accept that reality and eliminate unnecessary friction, > by following Linux & the CNCF in merely asking that a contributors' > commonly known identity, of their choosing, be used with the SoB line. > > [1] Raised in many contexts at many times, but a decent overall summary > can be read at https://drewdevault.com/2023/10/31/On-real-names.html > [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d4563201f33a022fc0353033d9dfeb1606a88330 > [3] https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/659fd32c86dc/dco-guidelines.md > [4] Excluding the rare GPG key signing parties for regular maintainers > > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé > Acked-by: Stefan Hajnoczi > Acked-by: Peter Maydell > Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé > Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée > Acked-by: Richard Henderson > Message-Id: <20241021190939.1482466-1-berrange@redhat.com> > Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin > --- > docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst | 7 ++++++- > .gitlab-ci.d/check-dco.py | 5 ++++- > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst b/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst > index 83e9092b8c..10b062eec2 100644 > --- a/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst > +++ b/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst > @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ one-shot fix, the bare minimum we ask is that: > > * - Check > - Reason > - * - Patches contain Signed-off-by: Real Name > + * - Patches contain Signed-off-by: Your Name > - States you are legally able to contribute the code. See :ref:`patch_emails_must_include_a_signed_off_by_line` > * - Sent as patch emails to ``qemu-devel@nongnu.org`` > - The project uses an email list based workflow. See :ref:`submitting_your_patches` > @@ -335,6 +335,11 @@ include a "From:" line in the body of the email (different from your > envelope From:) that will give credit to the correct author; but again, > that author's Signed-off-by: line is mandatory, with the same spelling. > > +The name used with "Signed-off-by" does not need to be your legal name, > +nor birth name, nor appear on any government ID. It is the identity you > +choose to be known by in the community, but should not be anonymous, > +nor misrepresent whom you are. > + > There are various tooling options for automatically adding these tags > include using ``git commit -s`` or ``git format-patch -s``. For more > information see `SubmittingPatches 1.12 > diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/check-dco.py b/.gitlab-ci.d/check-dco.py > index d221b16bd5..70dec7d6ee 100755 > --- a/.gitlab-ci.d/check-dco.py > +++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/check-dco.py > @@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ > > To indicate acceptance of the DCO every commit must have a tag > > - Signed-off-by: REAL NAME > + Signed-off-by: YOUR NAME > + > +where "YOUR NAME" is your commonly known identity in the context > +of the community. > > This can be achieved by passing the "-s" flag to the "git commit" command. > > -- > 2.39.5