Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:49:35 +0000 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: Mangling attributions. |
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On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 12:22:38PM +0100, Chris Ross wrote: > Russell King escreveu: > > On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 10:41:58AM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote: > >>Russell, please don't mangle the attribution in this way. Please include > >>a correct email address for the submitter of the mail, and in any > >>Signed-Off-By: lines. The idea is that we're supposed to be able to work > >>out who submitted stuff, and how to get in touch with them if we want > >>to. > > > > Tough. Shit. I'm not changing this. Sorry. > > > > If you don't agree with my stance on the Data Protection Act, go and find > > someone else to merge patches. > > Ouch! In what way do you feel a proper "signed off by" contravenes the > Data Protection Act, the gist of which is that personal information may > be used only with permission and for the purpose for which it was given. > I would have thought that signing off the patch meets both those > criteria. Why do you think it doesn't?
Please read what the act says and consider what a personal email address is, and consider that placing personal data from someone on a website or placing it in BK in the EU is publishing personal data outside the realms of the EU.
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