Stephen Gallagher wrote:
On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 11:18 AM John Harris
<johnmh(a)splentity.com> wrote:
>
> On Friday, January 18, 2019 8:14:32 AM EST Stephen Gallagher wrote:
>> Note: Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a patch should be a conscious
>> act and means that you certify you have the rights to submit this work
>> under the same open source license.
>
> I'd argue that changing your project-specific .gitconfig to sign-off any
> commits is definitely a conscious act. Regardless, proprietary projects would
> have just as much of a reason to have their developers sign-off their commits,
> unless they solve the issue through a strong CLA or other contract with all
> developers contributing. This is not specific to 'open source' or free
> software projects.
I was quoting from the git manpage. I didn't choose those words. Take
it up with git upstream :-)
In case anyone chooses to do so, here's the last thread
where a commit.signoff config option patch was suggested:
https://public-inbox.org/git/20180206043723.GB30460@localhost/
There are links there to previous discussions, to provide
background.
--
Todd