On Fri, Sep 01, 2023 at 11:08:15AM +0100, Alex Bennée wrote: > > Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <phi...@linaro.org> writes: > > > Ping? > > > > On 5/7/23 13:44, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: > >> Hi Alex, > >> On 17/11/22 18:25, Alex Bennée wrote: > >>> The bullet points are quite long and contain process tips. Move those > >>> bits of the bullet to the relevant sections and link to them. Use a > >>> table for nicer formatting of the checklist. > >>> > >>> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.ben...@linaro.org> > >>> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com> > >>> Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> > >>> Message-Id: <20221111145529.4020801-8-alex.ben...@linaro.org> > >>> --- > >>> docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++----------- > >>> 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) > >> > >>> @@ -314,10 +320,12 @@ git repository to fetch the original commit. > >>> Patch emails must include a ``Signed-off-by:`` line > >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >>> -For more information see `SubmittingPatches 1.12 > >>> -<http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/SubmittingPatches?id=f6f94e2ab1b33f0082ac22d71f66385a60d8157f#n297>`__. > >>> -This is vital or we will not be able to apply your patch! Please use > >>> -your real name to sign a patch (not an alias or acronym). > >> Revisiting this patch, asking for some real name instead of alias > >> was at least helpful during patch review, we could address the > >> contributor by its name. Addressing an acronym is socially weird > >> (at least in my culture netiquette). > > Is it that weird? We use nicks all the time on IRC. > > The only driver for real names for the signoff is its harder to have > confidence the contribution is valid because you might not be able to > find who is behind an anonymous nick if something comes up later.
The Signed-off-by is intended as a legal attestation of permission to contribute. Having the signoff use an obviously anonymous nick could be said to undermine the legal value of the Signed-off-by. That's not to say something that /looks/ like a real name is actually the persons real name - we can't prove that without ID checks which we're not going to do. Something that looks like a real name is at least plausible to accept as a persons' real world identity, where as a nick is clearly just an online persona where there is an explicit intent to hide the real identify. This kind of distinction / intent often matters in the legal arena. With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
