Re: Developer's Certificate of Origin

On Tuesday, November 26, 2024 1:31:51 PM MST Simon Josefsson wrote:
> I disagree.  I don't see any problem with the license on the GPL text
> itself, when GPL is used as a license on a piece of work in Debian and
> documented in debian/copyright.

Good.

> The rest of your argument assume that I
> do.  The DCO is not used in that way, and nobody has suggested they
> ought to be treated the same way so far.  So the situations aren't
> comparable.

The DCO is part of the chain of custody of the license, similar to the how the 
copyright is part of the chain of custody of the license.  It documents that 
the person providing the license has the right to provide you with the 
license, similar to how a copyright statement documents that the person 
providing the license has the right to provide you with the license.