From: "D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
To: Git <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Signed-off-by & the law
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 16:15:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALnO6CDNRw3UcU9UM7rpkAoQsSmfdkxMKVihmoUmUOCv_fpbJw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Any contributors/users with an interest in law feel like taking a stab
at answering "Is Git's signed-off-by legally useful" ?
https://law.stackexchange.com/q/111158/26698
Having a solid reference answer is usually a good thing, if one exists.
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D. Ben Knoble
next reply other threads:[~2025-10-16 20:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-16 20:15 D. Ben Knoble [this message]
2025-10-16 20:55 ` Signed-off-by & the law Collin Funk
2025-10-16 21:16 ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-10-16 21:29 ` Collin Funk
2025-10-17 4:18 ` Theodore Ts'o
2025-10-16 21:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-16 21:06 ` D. Ben Knoble
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