Messages in this thread | | | From | Måns Rullgård <> | Subject | Re: Mangling attributions. | Date | Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:40:34 +0100 |
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Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk> writes:
> 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.
Well, let people agree to their email address being published if they wish. I personally don't mind it at all.
Is this the reason a patch from me is attributed to mru@com[torvalds] on bkbits?
-- Måns Rullgård mru@inprovide.com
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