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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Cc: Hans Jerry Illikainen <hji@dyntopia.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] commit: make the sign-off trailer configurable
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 08:53:41 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqtv58a5m2.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <71a718a7-2be7-391c-dc8f-0626a0a21aac@gmail.com> (Derrick Stolee's message of "Mon, 6 Jan 2020 08:38:23 -0500")

Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> writes:

> My initial thought was that the sign-off was supposed to be a purposeful
> decision, but then I also realized that I never do anything in the Git
> codebase that I _can't_ put online under the GPL. (It may not make it
> upstream, but it will always be put online somewhere.)

Hmm...

Sorry, but I do not quite understand the flow of your logic here,
especially, how "but then I also realized" trumps "signing off a
patch is a conscious act---it would weaken the legal meaning if you
automate it", which was why we deliberately avoided adding this
configuration variable for the last 10+ years.

So, I dunno.

  reply	other threads:[~2020-01-06 16:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-05 17:41 [PATCH 0/1] commit: make the sign-off trailer configurable Hans Jerry Illikainen
2020-01-05 17:41 ` [PATCH 1/1] " Hans Jerry Illikainen
2020-01-06 13:38   ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-06 16:53     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2020-01-06 19:53       ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-06 20:31         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-01-06 20:45           ` Junio C Hamano

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