From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_EF,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from sourceware.org (server1.sourceware.org [209.132.180.131]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3E5341F453 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2019 13:01:13 +0000 (UTC) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=qaXg+MSAlGniWHGvIprEdCOTQvb7lrdTeY3K6Qy4niE tUikUJjXkbFI3PsLoYlzxL9LTd3lZd8O21RdCZkysvVk3i2eH8E479HN4y7ydIGW wqw7QRGaHk5I0qChHpzh0a2ZRjsgo+NhSUPjElFm0wsnfTDtVF7luCbx9mJzAQr4 = DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=odZTmW5hxL/nKEbeEIcgEgnZLtU=; b=J3KvykNXulsOJc7/l iZ9KU0GukQj7bVT64lCLwmWPj7aGI64+9z0lORVchH+6G3Epa8iix/WWovw2yoe9 9xRts94+eIPFgLGCYXWzkRwk6VCnaZgl/JIGis+7+U9uElP2rOqOMpbY2SOboHqN UeLk9LXgUJFNK5tw4VVgjP6KnA= Received: (qmail 10581 invoked by alias); 28 Jan 2019 13:01:11 -0000 Mailing-List: contact libc-alpha-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: libc-alpha-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 10573 invoked by uid 89); 28 Jan 2019 13:01:10 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com From: Florian Weimer To: Siddhesh Poyarekar Cc: Carlos O'Donell , Szabolcs Nagy , nd , GLIBC Devel , Rafal Luzynski , Joseph Myers Subject: Re: DCO or Copyright Assignment? Why not both... References: <5532615b-08e3-adfa-d44d-e3bb0232829e@gotplt.org> <21e0277e-9b46-75b8-12d8-47464717e2f0@gotplt.org> <44bd049f-b6c9-45f8-14fc-f56f54f3e1d6@redhat.com> <87d0ooewbw.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> <7d57b1ea-da5a-3039-ddcd-e4acde8ed464@redhat.com> <4a3e6199-b4a8-331d-895a-9a30f2df4873@arm.com> <12143661-ab04-f965-9765-8340b4efdf04@redhat.com> <7558f5b9-fbfd-fa02-4c50-3a65e08ce0fe@gotplt.org> <737330f6-7221-758e-2e95-c1f64efcf1cb@redhat.com> <516f0f4d-4a38-5478-4380-90f55f084523@gotplt.org> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 14:00:05 +0100 In-Reply-To: <516f0f4d-4a38-5478-4380-90f55f084523@gotplt.org> (Siddhesh Poyarekar's message of "Tue, 22 Jan 2019 21:36:21 +0530") Message-ID: <875zu9uecq.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Siddhesh Poyarekar: >> My opinion is that a Co-authored-by: should be equivalent to multiple >> Signed-off-by: lines e.g. treat Co-authored-by: as an alias to >> Signed-off-by:, but those projects not wishing to use the implied DCO >> can use Co-authroed-by. >>=20=20=20 >> We should probably move this off this thread. > > Done, subject line changed. The FSF needs to be involved. Typical contributor agreements (with our without copyright assignment) offer some guidance what contributes a contribution. For example, it's common to say that everything that the contributor submits to the project using project resources is a contribution unless marked with =E2=80=9CNOT A CONTRIBUTION=E2=80=9D. We c= annot know what FSF assignment contracts say on this matter, which is why we need input from the FSF. In the past, there was considerable confusion among GNU maintainers what constitutes a contribution. For example, some maintainers assumed that they could talk a patch which was posted by some person with the same name and assume that copyright had been assigned for it if the file on fencepost lists a person of that name. I do not know if this has been improved, by teaching GNU maintainers about the complexities of software copyright and authorship. Thanks, Florian