Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] exec: fix breakpoint_invalidate() breakage

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

On 05/24/2012 02:42 PM, Stefan Weil wrote:
> Am 24.05.2012 20:36, schrieb Anthony Liguori:
>> On 05/24/2012 01:12 PM, Stefan Weil wrote:
>>> This discussion looks strange for me.
>>
>> I'm not going to commit patches with a Signed-off-by if I know the name is an
>> alias.
>>
>> DCO requires the use of a real name. DCO is an important part of ensuring the
>> pedigree of a code base just like copyright licensing.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Anthony Liguori
>>
>
> As I wrote in my previous mail, (personal) names are not absolute,
> but influenced by cultural facts.

I understand this.  And this is why I generally don't challenge the names people 
use with Signed-off-by.  But when someone says that what they're using is not 
their legal name and they will not share their legal name, I have no choice but 
to not take patches from that person.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> DCO was something written by
> lawyers from the western culture where individual personal names
> exist since some time and where these names are usually
> more or less constant during the life of a person. AFAIK,
> DCO was introduced for legal reasons (SCO => DCO).
>
> It would be interesting to know how many names used in Linux
> commits since DCO are faked real names. Without enforcing
> certified signatures, enforcing "real names" (that's names which
> look like some name you know) does not really ensure something.
> Nor does the requirement of a valid mail address.
> It is only an alibi pedigree.
>
> Even in America and Europe, the concept of a "real name" is
> rather new (only some hundred years old), and there still exist cultures
> without personal names. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_name
> for more information. People change their name even today when
> they migrate from one country to another (many US immigrants did
> this, too) or when they change their religion (remember Cassius Clay?).
>
> Nevertheless I can understand that you are bound by the requirements
> of your employer.
>
> Regards,
>
> Steve (that's the name by which I was called when I was a youngster)