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@xxxxxxxx> 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 _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
