Am 17.06.2014 20:36, schrieb Alberts Muktupāvels:
> And? None of patches contained info about patch author.Then _you_ do the research.
So, which of these patches is it ? Was it changed by the Debian
> From commit message it is clear that I am NOT author. When doing
> release you can write correct author/authors in NEWS file. See bug:
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513347
maintainers in any way before you imported it ? _Your_ job to find that out.
> Users cares about fixed bugs not what names are in author column.You freaking just don't get it.
The *only* reason we, the GNOME project, can even release software under
a free software license without every author signing a CLA, is that we
make damn sure that we only use code from authors that have agreed to
the license in question.
That means:
- Proper tracking of authorship, *always* !
- No relicensing of existing code/documentation/etc. without *every*
author's consent !
- Be anally exact about history, so we can track authors down, and
possibly prove the above in court.
- Writing *clear* commit messages, with links to bug trackers etc., so
that we can figure out what inspired a particular solution, if it ever
becomes necessary.
If we don't do that, you might be sued, I might be sued, or the Gnome
Foundation might be sued.
Delivering any bugfix or feature, now matter how cool or urgent, to our
users, *always* is second to the above due diligence, in how our
software is produced.
Again more work for me, because you are too lazy to do it correctly when
> If you know how to fix that than please go ahead and set correct author.
importing the patch into git ? No thanks.