On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 02:53:11PM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote: > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 08:04:39AM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > > On Thu, 2018-09-20 at 09:33 +0300, Jani Nikula wrote: > > > Agreed. > > > > > > I think there's much more value in adopting a widely used code of > > > conduct than writing your own, or even trying to tweak it. If a project > > > uses the Contributor Covenant, you pretty much know the rules without > > > actually having to read another document and wonder what this all means. > > > In this regard, it's really not unlike the GPL for copyleft licenses; > > > one acronym tells you what you can and can't do. > > > > > > With that perspective, I think the changes proposed in this thread do > > > more harm than good. If people still insist the text should be improved, > > > I think the proper flow is to file issues or pull requests to > > > Contributor Covenant upstream [1], and later update to a new version of > > > the document. > > > > I'll note that isn't what Linus did with the GPL. > > > > But perhaps there's a possible solution: Instead of editing the text of > > the covenant, just preface it with a statement that email addresses > > used on mailing lists are not considered to be private and that it is > > acceptable (and indeed recommended) to credit individuals who have > > contributed to reporting and testing by using their email addresses. > > It's not just email addresses We generally require people to use their > real name and not pseudonyms for patches and their Signed-off-by. From my understanding, it is covered by DCO clause (d). https://developercertificate.org/ https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/dco Thanks > > -- > Mel Gorman > SUSE Labs > _______________________________________________ > Ksummit-discuss mailing list > Ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ksummit-discuss