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authorMinifree Ltd <info@minifree.org>2016-05-04 23:24:12 (EDT)
committer Minifree Ltd <info@minifree.org>2016-05-04 23:24:12 (EDT)
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tweak wording on git submission guidelines
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(such as coreboot) require a legal name, and this can be problematic for certain groups of people.
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- Using your legal name is <strong>not</strong> required when submitting patches to libreboot. For reasons why we have this policy, read <a href='http://geekfeminism.org/2012/09/29/quick-hit-how-git-shows-the-patriarchal-nature-of-the-software-industry/'>this article</a>. You can use a pseudonym (alternative name), or your company name (if you have one), if you want or need to do that. You can also
+ Using your legal name is <strong>not</strong> required when submitting patches to libreboot. For reasons why we have this policy, read <a href='http://geekfeminism.org/2012/09/29/quick-hit-how-git-shows-the-patriarchal-nature-of-the-software-industry/'>this article</a>. You can use any name of your chosinge, or your company name (if you have one), if you want or need to do that. You can also
submit patches <em>without a name</em>, if you want or need to do that (instructions are provided on this page). Also, read <a href='http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/'>this article</a>. Unfortunately, git appears to be stuck with these problems, when an author changes their name, and we don't have a concrete answer to it.
As far as we know, publishing your legal name isn't even required for copyright purposes; in fact, &quot;pen&quot; names are commonly used by literary authors (computer programs are literary works).
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If you wish to use a different author name for the commit command, add <strong><em>--author=&quot;Author's Name &lt;author's email address&gt;&quot;</em></strong> at the end. This
- could be a pseudonym (alternative name), or it could be because you are submitting a patch on someone else's
+ could be any name your choosing, or it could be because you are submitting a patch on someone else's
behalf. <strong>If you wish to be anonymous (no name), you can also use <em>Libreboot Contributor</em> as your name, and <em>noname@libreboot.org</em> as the email address. <em>We will happily accept anonymous contributions in the libreboot project.</em></strong>
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