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commit: c79cd4db5e08a8e35d81e6bf0ba8b0b9fbbb43d8 |
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Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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AuthorDate: Fri Aug 24 19:54:18 2018 +0000 |
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Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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CommitDate: Fri Aug 31 14:40:48 2018 +0000 |
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URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/glep.git/commit/?id=c79cd4db |
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glep-0076: Rename the DCO to "Gentoo Certificate of Origin". |
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We cannot name it DCO, because the license conditions of OSDL's |
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DCO 1.1 say: |
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If you modify you must use a name or title distinguishable from |
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"Developer's Certificate of Origin" or "DCO" or any confusingly |
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similar name. |
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glep-0076.rst | 31 ++++++++++++++++--------------- |
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1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) |
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diff --git a/glep-0076.rst b/glep-0076.rst |
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index 2012e5c..6503d41 100644 |
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--- a/glep-0076.rst |
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+++ b/glep-0076.rst |
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@@ -130,14 +130,13 @@ certificate of origin. The purpose of the certificate is to declare |
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that the contribution can be modified and redistributed in accordance |
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with the project's license. |
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-For commits made using a VCS, the committer shall certify agreement |
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-to the Gentoo DCO by adding ``Signed-off-by: Name <e-mail>`` to the |
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-commit message as a separate line. Committers must use their real |
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-name, i.e., the name that would appear in an official document like |
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-a passport. |
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+For commits made using a VCS, the committer shall certify agreement to |
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+the Certificate of Origin by adding ``Signed-off-by: Name <e-mail>`` |
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+to the commit message as a separate line. Committers must use their |
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+real name, i.e., the name that would appear in an official document |
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+like a passport. |
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-The following is the current Gentoo Developer's Certificate of Origin, |
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-revision 1: |
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+The following is the current Gentoo Certificate of Origin, revision 1: |
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By making a contribution to this project, I certify that: |
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@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ revision 1: |
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maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with |
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this project or the free software license(s) involved. |
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-The Gentoo DCO is licensed under a Creative Commons |
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+The Gentoo Certificate of Origin is licensed under a Creative Commons |
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Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License [#CC-BY-SA-3.0]_. |
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It is based on the Linux Kernel DCO [#OSDL-DCO]_, released by Open |
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Source Development Labs, Inc. in 2005 under a CC-BY-SA-2.5 License. |
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@@ -263,11 +262,11 @@ this, as long as the license in question is a free software or open |
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source license. |
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-DCO Changes |
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------------ |
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+Changes to the Certificate of Origin |
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+------------------------------------ |
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-The Gentoo DCO rev. 1 has been based on Linux Kernel DCO 1.1 |
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-[#OSDL-DCO]_. It features the following modifications from |
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+The Gentoo Certificate of Origin rev. 1 has been based on Linux Kernel |
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+DCO 1.1 [#OSDL-DCO]_. It features the following modifications from |
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the original: |
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i. The enumeration has been modified to use numeric points. |
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@@ -289,8 +288,9 @@ v. The term "open source" has been replaced by "free software" |
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The new point was deemed necessary to allow committing license files |
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into the Gentoo repository, since those files usually do not permit |
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modification. It has been established that adding a clear provision |
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-for this case is better than excluding those commits from DCO |
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-compliance. Debian was facing a similar problem [#DEBIAN-LICENSE]_. |
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+for this case is better than excluding those commits from compliance |
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+with the Certificate of Origin. Debian was facing a similar problem |
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+[#DEBIAN-LICENSE]_. |
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The update of point (c) was necessary to allow the new clause being |
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certified by the person providing the contribution. |
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@@ -345,7 +345,8 @@ References |
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.. [#PROJECTS] Licensing of Gentoo projects, |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Licenses/Licensing_of_Gentoo_projects |
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-.. [#OSDL-DCO] Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1, |
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+.. [#OSDL-DCO] Open Source Development Labs, Inc., |
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+ Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1, |
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https://web.archive.org/web/20060524185355/http://www.osdlab.org/newsroom/press_releases/2004/2004_05_24_dco.html |
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.. [#FLA] FSFE Legal: Fiduciary Licence Agreement (FLA), |