commit:     5b86343bba387ecaf48c3536c00363bd6d12f49e
Author:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Thu Jun  7 19:22:50 2018 +0000
Commit:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sun Jun 10 18:42:07 2018 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/glep.git/commit/?id=5b86343b

glep-0076: Require real name for Signed-off-by.

 glep-0076.rst | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/glep-0076.rst b/glep-0076.rst
index 959375d..543a38e 100644
--- a/glep-0076.rst
+++ b/glep-0076.rst
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ with the project's license.
 
 For commits made using a VCS, the committer shall certify agreement
 to the Gentoo DCO by adding ``Signed-off-by: Name <e-mail>`` to the
-commit message as a separate line.
+commit message as a separate line.  Committers must use their real
+name, i.e., the name that would appear in an official document like
+a passport.
 
 The following is the current Gentoo DCO::
 
@@ -203,7 +205,9 @@ to protect the Gentoo infrastructure owners and improve 
consistency.
 
 The copyright model is built on the DCO model used by the Linux kernel
 and requires all contributors to certify the legitimacy of their
-contributions.
+contributions.  This also requires that they use their real name for
+signing; an anonymous certification or one under a pseudonym would not
+mean anything.
 
 In the future, a second stage of this policy may use a combination of
 the DCO model and an FLA model [#FLA]_ as it is used by different open

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