From bab3dbb03c790e12192410f65064f38d35428b08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francis Rowe Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:13:09 -0400 Subject: git page: further emphasize that no-name contributions are OK --- (limited to 'site/git/index.php') diff --git a/site/git/index.php b/site/git/index.php index baab5a1..a5ac4e1 100644 --- a/site/git/index.php +++ b/site/git/index.php @@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ (such as coreboot) require a legal name, which can be problematic for certain groups of people.

- Using your legal name is not required when submitting patches to libreboot. For reasons why we have this policy, read this article. You can use an assumed name, or your company name (if you have a company), if you want. Also, read this article. 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, "pen names" are common in literature. You can also - submit patches without a name, if you want (instructions are detailed on this page). + Using your legal name is not required when submitting patches to libreboot. For reasons why we have this policy, read this article. You can use an assumed name, or your company name (if you have one), if you want or need to do that. You can also + submit patches without a name, if you want or need to do that (instructions are provided on this page). Also, read this article. 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, "pen" names are commonly used by literary authors.

When submitting any kind of documentation, try not to use the terms him/her, she/he, his/her, or anything that is gender biased. Use their, they, them, those people, that person, and so on. You are making a huge difference. @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
$ git config --global user.name "Your Name"
$ git config --global user.email your@emailaddress.com
- NOTE: you don't have to use your legal name. We don't care what name you use. If you wish to be anonymous (no name), you can use Libreboot Contributor as your name, and noname@libreboot.org as the email address, and we will still accept your patch for review. We are OK with anonymous contributions. + NOTE: you do not have to use your legal name; assumed names are OK. If you wish to be anonymous (no name), you can also use Libreboot Contributor as your name, and noname@libreboot.org as the email address. We will happily accept anonymous contributions in the libreboot project.


@@ -170,8 +170,7 @@

If you wish to use a different author name for the commit command, add --author="Author's Name <author's email address>" at the end. This could be an assumed name, or it could be because you are submitting a patch on someone else's - behalf. If you wish to be anonymous (no name), you can use Libreboot Contributor as your name, and noname@libreboot.org as the email address, - and we will still accept your patch for review. We are OK with anonymous contributions. + behalf. If you wish to be anonymous (no name), you can also use Libreboot Contributor as your name, and noname@libreboot.org as the email address. We will happily accept anonymous contributions in the libreboot project.

Check once more that everything you want is added. Use the git status command to check for untracking changes/files, and adapt accordingly. -- cgit v0.9.1