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On 2018-09-16 10:59, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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>>> On Sun, 16 Sep 2018, Michał Górny wrote: |
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>> Since some developers were giving the sign-off 'in blanco' so far, |
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>> I would like to emphasize that now it will actually mean agreeing to |
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>> the document. Unless you have read the new policy and agreed with it, |
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>> please don't do that. |
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> I wonder how we should treat those existing Signed-off-by lines in the |
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> tree. |
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> We could either say that we ignore any such lines on commits before |
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> 2018-09-16 00:00:00 UTC, because there was no policy in place. |
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> Or we could say that they certify the commit under the Linux DCO 1.1 |
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> (https://developercertificate.org/), because in absence of an explicit |
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> policy that's the only meaningful interpretation of a Signed-off-by |
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> line. |
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> Presumably, the first alternative is cleaner. Especially, since there |
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> are commits with a Signed-off-by line that don't comply with the |
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> conditions of the Linux DCO. |
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+1 for ignoring "Signed-Off-By" line until 2018-09-16 00:00:00. |
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Regards, |
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Thomas Deutschmann / Gentoo Linux Developer |
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