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

Ulrich Müller <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:06:18 +0200

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>>>>> On Mon, 22 Jun 2026, Michał Górny wrote:

> To be honest, I was thinking how to fit SC into all of this.  In the
> end, what we want people to do is to follow the SC.  What I really
> dislike about the current system is that we're doing one sign-off for
> one policy, and then adding GitHub pull request templates to have them
> sign off on another policy.

> Admittedly, this changes very little, so perhaps it makes no sense.  I
> honestly doubt most of the contributors even realize what they're
> signing off on -- given that --signoff is pretty much a standard for
> contributing to many projects these days.

Most of the time, a Signed-off-by line is attached to something very
similar to the Linux DCO; our GCO is pretty similar to it (in fact, it's
laxer because of the provision for license files).

I'd rather not attach additional (stricter) meanings to it that are only
indirectly related to copyright law. It might even weaken our position,
because contributors will have the excuse that they inadvertently signed
off on something they didn't expect.

So, it's well into territory where I would feel uneasy without
consulting a lawyer.

> I'll withdraw the patch.

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