Ian Romanick <i...@freedesktop.org> writes: > On 12/11/19 2:27 PM, Timothy Arceri wrote: >> Hi, >> >> So it seems lately we have been increasingly merging patches with made >> up names, or single names etc [1]. The latest submitted patch has the >> name Icecream95. This seems wrong to me from a point of keeping up the >> integrity of the project. I'm not a legal expert but it doesn't seem >> ideal to be amassing commits with these type of author tags from that >> point of view either. >> >> Is it just me or do others agree we should at least require a proper >> name on the commits (as fake as that may be also)? Seems like a low bar >> to me. > > First we don't allow single Unicode characters or emojis, and now you > want to require realistic looking names. Where does it end, Tim?!? > WHERE DOES IT END??? > > 🤣 > > But seriously... I definitely agree with the sentiment. It seems really > lame to have a bunch of commits from clearly nonsense names. Who are > these randos?
Perhaps they are graphics developers working at corporations where management is not enthusiastic about contributions to mesa? Or, agents seeking to damage mesa by submitting vulnerable or IP-entangled code? The kernel does not allow anonymous contributions, to ensure all contributions are compatible with the GPL. > Where's the accountability? > > As far as any possible legal aspects go, since we don't require (as far > as I'm aware) submitters to sign any sort of certificate of origin, I > don't know that Icecream95 is any better or worse than Ralphio Grant (a > realistic looking name that I just made up) or Ian Romanck. > > It seems to me that this is a social problem, so it likely has a social > solution. If we don't want people to be anonymous cowards with clearly > phony names, we should try to make the alternatives of being involved in > the community and using a real name more attractive. We should do our > best to encourage people to "do the right thing." > > I don't think it's very realistic for us to try to compel people to do > so, and I don't think there's much value in it... especially if it > drives away people making technically competent contributions. > >> [1] >> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/merge_requests/3050#note_361924 >> _______________________________________________ >> mesa-dev mailing list >> mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org >> https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev > > _______________________________________________ > mesa-dev mailing list > mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev _______________________________________________ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev