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On Wed, 2021-07-28 at 07:07 +0300, Joonas Niilola wrote: |
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> @@ -138,7 +139,10 @@ the Certificate of Origin by adding :: |
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> to the commit message as a separate line. The sign-off must contain |
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> the committer's legal name as a natural person, i.e., the name that |
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> -would appear in a government issued document. |
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> +would appear in a government issued document. It's strongly encouraged |
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> +that the original contribution author also adds their sign-off, to at |
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> +least indicate they are aware of this GLEP. But it's required only |
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> +from the committer. |
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To be honest, the wording sounds a bit backwards. 'Commiters must do X |
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but we encourage everyone to do X but it's only required from |
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committers.' |
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Let's maybe start by replacing 'the committer shall' with 'the committer |
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must'. As the next sentence, something akin 'Other authors contributing |
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to the change are also encouraged to include their sign-off but |
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the committer decides whether these sign-offs are required'. And then |
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the common part about real name, as it applies the same to both. |
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> |
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> The following is the current Gentoo Certificate of Origin, revision 1: |
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> @@ -301,6 +305,9 @@ iv. The original point (d) has been transformed into a stand-alone |
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> v. The term "open source" has been replaced by "free software" |
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> throughout. |
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> +vi. Clarify that a sign-off is only strictly required from the |
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> + committer, not from the author. |
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> + |
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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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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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