From: Greg KH Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 03:35:52 +0000 (-0700) Subject: [PATCH] We can not allow anonymous contributions to the kernel X-Git-Tag: v2.6.18~13^2~21 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=af45f32d25cc1e374184675eadc9f740221d8392;p=linux-2.6 [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 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 2cd7f02ffd..d42ab4c9e8 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ then you just add a line saying Signed-off-by: Random J Developer +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.