Re: [PATCH glep] glep-0076: Remove kernel DCO use provision

Michał Górny <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:12:58 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.gentoo.devel
Organization	Gentoo
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On Mon, 2026-06-22 at 17:22 +0100, Sam James wrote:
> Michał Górny <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> > Remove the provision that the kernel DCO can be used instead of the GCO.
> > This provision has been never used.
> 
> The point of it was that having a bespoke GCO can be problematic for
> contributors. That nobody has used it yet doesn't mean it won't help a
> (likely corporate) contributor in future.
> 

I should probably have pointed out that as a followup I'd like to
integrate at least some of our AI policy into GCO, so that a contributor
signing off would also clarify that the contribution was made with "no
assistance of ..."  Having a DCO fallback would then be a significant
loophole.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny

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