On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 1:21 AM, Sébastien Masson <sebastien@masson.engineer> wrote:
On 2017-04-19 20:26, Code Soldier1 wrote:
On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 3:32 AM, Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc> wrote:
On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 08:59:36AM -0700, Code Soldier1 wrote: [snip]
Why the moniker?
Why not ? unlike most people today I value my privacy.
Hi!
In my opinion, the point is not really about privacy. Although, I understand you concern.
As a kernel developer, the source code you will write will be subject to copyright matters and, if you want to contribute, you will have to give your agreement to this. This is only possible using your real name.
I am inviting you to read: Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst in this regard.
Of course, as long as you do not submit source code, it does not really matter. It may be more a question of "consistency".
BR, Sebastien.
I completely agree with you. If I decide to submit code and there is a requirement, I will have to make a choice. BTW how would anyone verify if I am really Joe Smith and I have not just created an email account ? I just looked at the kernel that I am working with and it does not have the file you pointed out to me. I read the first file and it does not say anything about username neither did anyone objected when I posted on netdev. ubuntu-server:~/linux/linux-stable-v4.9.9/Documentation$ find . -name \*patches\* -print ./hwmon/submitting-patches ./applying-patches.txt ./devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt -- CS1