Re: [gentoo-dev] New copyright policy approved, please weigh your Signed-off-bys

[Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>]

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

+1 for ignoring "Signed-Off-By" line until 2018-09-16 00:00:00.


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Thomas Deutschmann / Gentoo Linux Developer
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