On Thu, 2018-10-04 at 11:14 -0400, Alec Warner wrote:
> Summary:
> The short version of the bug is that a non-trivial number of developers
> cannot commit with an SoB line because their company has not yet reviewed
> the new Gentoo Copyright GLEP, and so they lack company approval to attach
> SoB lines or agree to the DCO.
> 
> The bug requests that a reprieve be granted until the company reviews the
> new policy and (hopefully) grants approval. This would be in the form of an
> allowlist where specific identities (approved by some delegate of council
> && trustees) do not require an SoB line to commit for some period of time.

Don't you think that requiring approval for allowlist means double
standards?  I mean, even if you assume that all requests would be
granted, the requirement of approval provides for this 'delegate'
selecting which developers are granted this privilege and which are not.

In other words, I would rather suggest that the reprieve is granted for
everyone and that the allowlist is maintained by Infra as part of opt-
out hook intended to avoid developers accidentally missing the tag.

> Proposal:
> I propose the board grant this reprieve, for whitelisted accounts for 90
> days, with no extension. Williamh will supply the initial list of accounts,
> to be reviewed verbally by a board delegate and a council delegate.
> 
> If the company cannot return a decision in 90 days, we can revisit the
> motion with any updated data.

I'm confused.  This really reads like 'no extension; except we will vote
on extension if necessary'.

> If the company returns a decision before 90 days, the whitelist program
> will be terminated (regardless of decision reached.) Note that if the
> company decides that approval will not be granted, we will in effect be
> unable to accept commits from these developers on work time.

Does this imply the reprieve will be granted only to the employees of
one particular company, or will it extend to all developers in similar
situation?  In the latter case, will the decision of one company affect
the status of the reprieve for other developers?

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny