Re: Developer's Certificate of Origin

Daniel Hakimi <[email protected]> Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:17:14 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.legal
Message-ID <CALH5QQN3o_OPwk30LbGBrou7OjCZAQe_6H-3MY__028bU-GbDg@mail.gmail.com>
The *signed* DCO is useful. The *unsigned* DCO is not, it's mostly there
for future contributors.

On Fri, Nov 29, 2024, 14:11 Soren Stoutner <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Friday, November 29, 2024 12:03:34 PM MST Daniel Hakimi wrote:
> > I don't think the unsigned DCO really supports the chain of custody/title
> > all that much, but it may still put minds at ease that the project is
> > following best practices regarding IP.
>
> You can certainly make an argument that the DCO isn’t *effective* at
> supporting
> the chain of custody of the end-user licensing of the code, but I think
> that
> without question that is what the *intention* of the DCO is.
>
> https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/dco
>
> --
> Soren Stoutner
> [email protected]