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authorGreg KH <greg@kroah.com>2006-09-12 20:35:52 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-09-13 07:32:14 -0700
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[PATCH] We can not allow anonymous contributions to the kernel
The DCO does not mean anything if we allow anonymous contributors to the kernel. As this is an open source project, we need to do everything in the open. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ then you just add a line saying
Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.example.org>
+using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.)
+
Some people also put extra tags at the end. They'll just be ignored for
now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just
point out some special detail about the sign-off.