On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 3:51 AM, Anthony Liguori <anth...@codemonkey.ws> wrote: > On 05/24/2012 02:42 PM, Stefan Weil wrote: >> >> Am 24.05.2012 20:36, schrieb Anthony Liguori: >>> >>> On 05/24/2012 01:12 PM, Stefan Weil wrote: >>>> >>>> This discussion looks strange for me. >>> >>> >>> I'm not going to commit patches with a Signed-off-by if I know the name >>> is an >>> alias. >>> >>> DCO requires the use of a real name. DCO is an important part of ensuring >>> the >>> pedigree of a code base just like copyright licensing. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Anthony Liguori >>> >> >> As I wrote in my previous mail, (personal) names are not absolute, >> but influenced by cultural facts. > > > I understand this. And this is why I generally don't challenge the names > people use with Signed-off-by. But when someone says that what they're > using is not their legal name and they will not share their legal name, I > have no choice but to not take patches from that person.
I am a Windows researcher and not familiar with Linux, Git, GNU, etc. I can't make a big contribution, so I don't care if applying my patch. I just hope the bugs will be fixed ASAP. I had pointed out which commit introduced this bug. I thought this obvious issue would be found out easily by diff. But at the first time, Avi didn't reply me even if he was active until now. > Regards, > > Anthony Liguori > > >> DCO was something written by >> lawyers from the western culture where individual personal names >> exist since some time and where these names are usually >> more or less constant during the life of a person. AFAIK, >> DCO was introduced for legal reasons (SCO => DCO). >> >> It would be interesting to know how many names used in Linux >> commits since DCO are faked real names. Without enforcing >> certified signatures, enforcing "real names" (that's names which >> look like some name you know) does not really ensure something. >> Nor does the requirement of a valid mail address. >> It is only an alibi pedigree. >> >> Even in America and Europe, the concept of a "real name" is >> rather new (only some hundred years old), and there still exist cultures >> without personal names. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_name >> for more information. People change their name even today when >> they migrate from one country to another (many US immigrants did >> this, too) or when they change their religion (remember Cassius Clay?). >> >> Nevertheless I can understand that you are bound by the requirements >> of your employer. >> >> Regards, >> >> Steve (that's the name by which I was called when I was a youngster) > > > > >
