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On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 4:56 AM Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 06/20/2018 10:32 AM, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > c. We don't even have any clue what to do if someone is *not* of 'legal |
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> > age'. |
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> They would likely require parental approval to be a gentoo dev to begin |
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> with with some FLA co-signed by parent as they can't sign DCO themselves. |
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Since the DCO is still a new concept, I wanted to point out that the |
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FLA and the DCO are fairly orthogonal, and signing either doesn't |
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really eliminate the need for the other. |
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The DCO "certifies" that the underage kid wrote the code, or verified |
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that it is legal for us to redistribute. |
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An FLA signed by the parent would give Gentoo the rights to use code |
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written by the underage kid, but does nothing to ensure that any |
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particular commit actually was written by the kid or obtained from a |
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legal source. |
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If we are going to go down that road, then you'd really want the |
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parent to sign the DCO for every commit, and to ensure the parent |
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actually understands what the DCO means. |
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Now, you can argue whether or not DCOs on every commit are essential |
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for reasonable care, but if they are then they really need to be |
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signed on every commit by an adult. If they aren't, well, then we |
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probably shouldn't be requiring them. |
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