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The Developer's Certificate of Origin, v1.1
When 2.6.12 is released, it will include a new version of the "developer's
certificate of origin," the statement which must be made by anybody
submitting a patch for merging into the mainline. Version 1.1 of the
DCO includes a new phrase:
I understand and agree that this project and the contribution are
public and that a record of the contribution (including all
personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
this project or the open source license(s) involved.
The full text of the DCO can be found in SubmittingPatches file in the Documentation directory. This change was motivated by the actions of one kernel subsystem maintainer who feels that the UK Data Protection Act requires that he strip email addresses from patches which pass through him. The new version of the DCO will, in theory, turn a "Signed-off-by:" header into an active granting of permission to redistribute the contact information which comes with the patch. (Log in to post comments)
"one kernel subsystem maintainer" Posted Jun 16, 2005 1:19 UTC (Thu) by flewellyn (subscriber, #5047) [Link] That would be Alan Cox, I believe. :-)
"one kernel subsystem maintainer" Posted Jun 16, 2005 2:35 UTC (Thu) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link] not this time
"one kernel subsystem maintainer" Posted Jun 16, 2005 7:23 UTC (Thu) by tao (subscriber, #17563) [Link] That'd be Russell King.
"one kernel subsystem maintainer" Posted Jun 16, 2005 16:21 UTC (Thu) by flewellyn (subscriber, #5047) [Link] Ah, I see my mistake. I misread the article on Kernel Trap.
Alan Cox was apparently the one who suggested the change, but not the one who brought up the problem.
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