From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6729B1F403 for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2018 12:03:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752412AbeFHMDq (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jun 2018 08:03:46 -0400 Received: from titan.plasma.xg8.de ([85.10.203.189]:41374 "EHLO titan.PLASMA.Xg8.DE" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751184AbeFHMDo (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jun 2018 08:03:44 -0400 Received: from titan.PLASMA.Xg8.DE (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by titan.PLASMA.Xg8.DE (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id w58C3WEq023326 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 8 Jun 2018 14:03:32 +0200 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by titan.PLASMA.Xg8.DE (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with UUCP id w58C3WXx023325; Fri, 8 Jun 2018 14:03:32 +0200 Received: from helen.PLASMA.Xg8.DE (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by helen.PLASMA.Xg8.DE (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w58C3KdT012582; Fri, 8 Jun 2018 14:03:20 +0200 Received: (from rtc@localhost) by helen.PLASMA.Xg8.DE (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id w58C3KJw012581; Fri, 8 Jun 2018 14:03:20 +0200 Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2018 14:03:20 +0200 From: Peter Backes To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=C6var_Arnfj=F6r=F0?= Bjarmason Cc: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" , David Lang , Philip Oakley , Git Mailing List Subject: Re: GDPR compliance best practices? Message-ID: <20180608120320.GB12013@helen.PLASMA.Xg8.DE> References: <20180603174617.GA10900@helen.PLASMA.Xg8.DE> <20180607063225.GA28343@helen.PLASMA.Xg8.DE> <3EF5AC29192A4D179B6D8689ECB991CC@PhilipOakley> <20180607223442.GA5322@helen.PLASMA.Xg8.DE> <20180607232128.GA5879@helen.PLASMA.Xg8.DE> <20180608025313.GA12749@thunk.org> <20180608062657.GB9383@helen.PLASMA.Xg8.DE> <8736xxzof3.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <8736xxzof3.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 08, 2018 at 10:13:20AM +0200, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > Can you walk us through how anyone would be expected to fork (as create > a new project, not the github-ism) existing projects under such a > regiment? I don't see your point. Copy the repository to fork. Nothing changes about that. Nothing prevents anyone from forking a repository which had some of its author names removed from the commits. > As David Lang notes upthread, "the license is granted to the world, so > the world has an interest in it". I wouldn't be so sure that this line > of argument wouldn't work. As I already stressed, having an interest is not enough. You need to have overriding legitimate grounds. Best wishes Peter -- Peter Backes, rtc@helen.PLASMA.Xg8.DE