What is the fastest way to build and boot a kernel

[Joe Smith]

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 10:50 AM, Bjørn Mork <bjorn at mork.no> wrote:
> Joe Smith <codesoldier1 at gmail.com> writes:
>> On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 9:31 AM, Alexander Kapshuk
>> <alexander.kapshuk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> then you just add a line saying::
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random at developer.example.org>
>>>
>>> using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.)
>>
>> How does anyone know what my real name is.
>
> No one does. It's up to you to make sure your name is real :)
>
> An example of what might otherwise happen:
> https://lwn.net/Articles/194729/
>
>
>
> Bjørn

Excellent example but please note this

" For this reason, people contributing code which demonstrates *deep
knowledge of undocumented hardware* will often be asked just how they came
by that knowledge. Verifying the answer can be difficult, however. Our
defenses are thin, but it is hard to see how they could be improved without
killing the process entirely."

In cases where IP rights are an issue I can understand requiring someone to
reveal their true identity. Other than that I don't see any reason not to
accept an enhancement or bug fix to  Linux Kernel coming from an anonymous
source. If there is an IP issue, the submitter could reveal their identity
to a select group of people or not as the submitter did in this case. If we
need to really enforce this requirement then one would have to sign a legal
document -- Some software contributions do require that.


-- 
JS
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