From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>
To: konsolebox <konsolebox@gmail.com>
Cc: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Copyright policy: pseudonymous contributions are now permitted
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:05:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ufs4k7bpk@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJnmqwaQWC4vo-M8SjM4KWWO7_sP4KThNjUo60Q4xyZqcHYk5A@mail.gmail.com> (konsolebox@gmail.com's message of "Tue, 15 Aug 2023 18:44:40 +0800")
[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1066 bytes --]
>>>>> On Tue, 15 Aug 2023, konsolebox wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 3:55 PM Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> "... the name you convey to people in the community for them to use
>> to identify you as you. The key concern is that your identification
>> is sufficient enough to contact you if an issue were to arise in the
>> future about your contribution."
> So is an email address enough?
>> > Also to be clear, patches signed off with pseudonyms are now allowed
>> > to be sent to gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, correct? Github PRs too?
>>
>> Yes, if the pseudonym qualifies as a known identity.
> Alright. I however still need to know if my pseudonym validates or
> qualifies as one. So does it?
Sorry, but we don't have an exact procedure for this. Ultimately, the
committer will have to use common sense to decide if they will accept
your contribution.
If I see a pseudonym that is in use since at least 2016 [1], I'd say
that it qualifies. But this is my personal opinion.
[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/572582#c8
[-- Attachment #2: signature.asc --]
[-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 507 bytes --]
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-15 12:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-04-01 9:35 [gentoo-project] Copyright policy: pseudonymous contributions are now permitted Michał Górny
2023-08-15 6:47 ` [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] " konsolebox
2023-08-15 7:55 ` Ulrich Mueller
2023-08-15 10:44 ` konsolebox
2023-08-15 12:05 ` Ulrich Mueller [this message]
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=ufs4k7bpk@gentoo.org \
--to=ulm@gentoo.org \
--cc=gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org \
--cc=konsolebox@gmail.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox