Paul - Why don't you put together a quick what you want the world to be document/presentation and we can discuss this issue at the next monthly meeting. Seems like something that would better be discussed in person.
donald On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 7:00 AM, Paul Jakma <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jan 2016, Donald Sharp wrote: > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingPatches >> >> Internally. I was just extending it to quagga-dev. I think >> 'Signed-off-by' has a valid meaning in that we are certifying a chain of >> ownership for licensing purposes, which is not unreasonable. >> > > There is clear confusion about its significance and use in the open-source > world. That makes it very weak. Worse, even the use documented above (the > "DCO") gives it overloaded and hence ambiguous meaning. > > Indeed, if there are people using "signed off by" to indicate additional > authors, that's really bad. Cause SOB doesn't indicate that. > > I used to just ignore it, but if that's how some are using it then that > would shift my position from just ignoring it to actively rejecting patches > for having it. > > * If you want to indicate additional authors, "signed-off-by" does not > achieve that. You need to unambiguously declare the additional authors (and > all other interess). > > * If you want to indicate or document copyright claims, you (and everyone > else) would be much better off if you add the well-recognised: > > "Copyright (C) <Year> <Name of entity/person>, [<Location/contact > details>]" > > string near the top of the files that that you/the-entity might have a > copyright interest in. I would *strongly* encourage people to err on > *adding* those in submissions. > > Especially in light of the babel licensing issue that we had earlier this >> year. >> > > All the licensing requirements were met there, the issue was something > else. > > regards, > -- > Paul Jakma [email protected] @pjakma Key ID: 64A2FF6A > Fortune: > need to wrap system in aluminum foil to fix problem >
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