From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ruben@mrbrklyn.com (Ruben Safir) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 01:19:56 -0400 Subject: Kernel contributions from organisations and individual privacy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <55791A7C.1030904@mrbrklyn.com> To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org On 06/11/2015 01:10 AM, Chris Packham wrote: > It's not a concern for the _employer If the copyright is owned by the company then ONLY the company can push it up stream and assign copyright to the Linux Foundation. But there is an inherent problem and it sort of bothers me which is why I'm responding. It may be the case that someone can not keep their identity a secret and contribute to the kernel. If you want to keep your identity a secret there are a WHOLE SLEW of things you can't do because they require public identification. It is NOT true that they can't contribute to the kernel because they "value" their privacy. They can not contribute because it is a PUBLIC act and LEGAL public act. And you can't do this, perhaps, anymore than you could run for office anonymous, or take an active roll in any political activity. And that is good thing. Ruben