Re: DCO: Was: Re: Contributing to gdb

Florian Weimer via Gdb
2025-01-17T10:43:17Z

* Mark Wielaard:

> I kind of agree with Eli. The current contribution policy is pretty
> clear. But people seem to be constantly confused about the exact
> "rules" of using a DCO and Copyright "ownership".
>
> Specifically what it means for company disclaimers. With the current
> process it is clear the FSF will take care of that. With a DCO it
> suddenly becomes the responsibility of the individual employees to make
> sure the company agrees to them submitting to the project.

But having a copyright assignment with the FSF does not change that at
all: an individual authorized by an organization to submit contributions
in principle still needs to determine if any particular change can be
contributed according to company rules.

Thanks,
Florian