From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86CD93851C29 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2021 20:28:24 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 86CD93851C29 Received: from mail-qt1-f199.google.com (mail-qt1-f199.google.com [209.85.160.199]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-260-4_2z00UrPi6iQ48bjvgVkw-1; Tue, 15 Jun 2021 16:28:22 -0400 X-MC-Unique: 4_2z00UrPi6iQ48bjvgVkw-1 Received: by mail-qt1-f199.google.com with SMTP id z17-20020ac86b910000b0290244cba55754so8089qts.19 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:28:22 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:organization :message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to :content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ctQJamuWOixVxskveVN3gKE8GRtEpYc+YM3v5g1noGY=; b=HxfHcHIkCWpzRWESonDKxPtuRaBHRU8x/hkg9sAAn1IDJxg6hMd81LnFecHHkridyz bZxAt8uCwRVd/yHoUXjDBS7dxZ/xD9lhl6n4oe4nxZkBllEGu5IfT8eXc5ed2vjVO06u 6iZCeQcxpW4jNpQZW28IlVr2rxfpGg8aH3/p4sPENy4gOlT/sfikwdN3i3jEayTR4VMC 2J1UmdO2d71tYXYcXQ59F/8wSUn5ZLwt89873fnLfTEV9CBhhyzO+ufMI5NXMCewDCAe CSxAvgMPVF7BKqR8nFXA9nCAUrR6fEPxKkHSZLAdRYQ2F/39PUzZRQnj1StEW0O5Jxuw fhiA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533ST3ZIb0NqoBbzc7/SI0Bo/a8Xddkwx2YOobjPZoiG/PMQoeO3 wsQu0p2euXhOEd0+RoSEUSkwcndprbVx9nZTtT74nxyy4vMja2sFDgg/jhIYzJ4TY/O4hU572s6 ycossq+/7J8wsT01i/eWj X-Received: by 2002:a05:622a:118a:: with SMTP id m10mr1480377qtk.186.1623788902175; Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:28:22 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJytIQUZOHn/BZHrbSfo8+EC0qUkT+yUuhBoxQ91f1TU9J6CvFO09wd1IHJpyqh7yxCv3aleXg== X-Received: by 2002:a05:622a:118a:: with SMTP id m10mr1480360qtk.186.1623788901995; Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:28:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.16] (198-84-214-74.cpe.teksavvy.com. [198.84.214.74]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q7sm104855qki.92.2021.06.15.13.28.21 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:28:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Seeking input from developers: glibc copyright assignment policy. To: Matt Turner , Florian Weimer Cc: Jakub Jelinek , Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha , "Joseph S. Myers" , Maxim Kuvyrkov References: <87lf7ci55f.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> From: Carlos O'Donell Organization: Red Hat Message-ID: <1773c056-a198-4b4b-104d-c5b32314ba78@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 16:28:20 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.10.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: libc-alpha@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-alpha mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 20:28:25 -0000 On 6/14/21 4:22 PM, Matt Turner via Libc-alpha wrote: > On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 1:06 PM Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha > wrote: >> Given that we already have hundreds of commits with Signed-off-by:, and >> glibc has accepted contributions written for glibc under different, >> LGLPv2-compatible licenses without copyright assignment in the past, >> this is a welcome clarification. > > FWIW, this is why I asked and convinced some Mesa developers to stop > appending S-o-b tags to their commits: without an assigned meaning, > all it does is complicate matters when a project does adopt a DCO and > indicates its acceptance through S-o-b tags. Thank you for that feedback. I agree that Signed-off-by: needs to have a defined meaning for there to be a benefit created for the project. -- Cheers, Carlos.