From 9733e2706ff46ebbc1c2b468f55006dd2921fca2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michał Górny Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 20:52:05 +0100 Subject: glep-0076: Relax name policy to allow pseudonyms MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Update the signoff rules of GLEP 76 to allow using established pseudonyms in addition to legal names. This follows a similar change that has been carried in the Linux kernel's documentation [1] that Gentoo's policy has been based on. This change is proposed instead of the "version 1.2" that has been approved on 2022-12-11 but have not been pushed yet. That version made the wording significantly more complex without actually addressing the original issue. [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d4563201f33a022fc0353033d9dfeb1606a88330 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/900857 Signed-off-by: Michał Górny Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller --- glep-0076.rst | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/glep-0076.rst b/glep-0076.rst index 2216483..5e0b364 100644 --- a/glep-0076.rst +++ b/glep-0076.rst @@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ Author: Richard Freeman , Michał Górny Type: Informational Status: Active -Version: 1.1 +Version: 1.3 Created: 2013-04-23 Last-Modified: 2022-07-02 -Post-History: 2018-06-10, 2018-06-19, 2018-08-31, 2018-09-26 +Post-History: 2018-06-10, 2018-06-19, 2018-08-31, 2018-09-26, 2023-03-02 Content-Type: text/x-rst --- @@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ the Certificate of Origin by adding :: Signed-off-by: Name -to the commit message as a separate line. The sign-off must contain -the committer's legal name as a natural person, i.e., the name that -would appear in a government issued document. +to the commit message as a separate line, using a known identity +as a natural person. This could be the committer's real name +or an established online identity. The following is the current Gentoo Certificate of Origin, revision 1: @@ -242,9 +242,9 @@ to protect the Gentoo infrastructure owners and improve consistency. The copyright model is built on the DCO model used by the Linux kernel and requires all contributors to certify the legitimacy of their -contributions. This also requires that they use their real name for -signing; an anonymous certification or one under a pseudonym would not -mean anything. This policy is derived from the Linux project's policy +contributions. This also requires that they use a known identity for +signing; an anonymous certification would not mean anything. +This policy is derived from the Linux project's policy as of 2023-02-27 [#SUBMITTING-PATCHES]_. In the future, a second stage of this policy may use a combination of @@ -378,8 +378,8 @@ References .. [#SUBMITTING-PATCHES] Submitting patches: the essential guide to getting your code into the kernel, - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v4.18#n460 - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=af45f32d25cc1e374184675eadc9f740221d8392 + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=d4563201f33a022fc0353033d9dfeb1606a88330#n410 + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d4563201f33a022fc0353033d9dfeb1606a88330 .. [#CC-SOFTWARE] Can I apply a Creative Commons license to software? https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-apply-a-creative-commons-license-to-software -- cgit v1.2.3-65-gdbad