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

[Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>]

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>>>>> On Sun, 16 Sep 2018, Michał Górny wrote:

> Just FYI: the Trustees have approved GLEP 76 aka our new copyright
> policy [1].  While the exact implementation details are to be determined
> yet, please note that *Signed-off-by* line will mean you are certifying
> our GCO [2].

> 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.

Ulrich

> [1]:https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0076.html
> [2]:https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0076.html#certificate-of-origin

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