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[174.21.81.121]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d9443c01a7336-20e7f0bd4e6sm30608025ad.148.2024.10.21.14.53.15 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:53:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:53:13 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: explicitly permit a "commonly known identity" with SoB To: =?UTF-8?Q?Daniel_P=2E_Berrang=C3=A9?= , qemu-devel@nongnu.org References: <20241021190939.1482466-1-berrange@redhat.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Richard Henderson In-Reply-To: <20241021190939.1482466-1-berrange@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::629; envelope-from=richard.henderson@linaro.org; helo=mail-pl1-x629.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, 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 10/21/24 12:09, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > 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 > --- > .gitlab-ci.d/check-dco.py | 5 ++++- > docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst | 7 ++++++- > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Acked-by: Richard Henderson r~