KernelTrap: Clarifying the Developer’s Certificate of Origin

“Following SCO’s allegations regarding the origination of some
source code files comprising the Linux Kernel, in May of 2004 Linux
creator Linus Torvalds implemented a simple method for tracking how
patches reach the source tree. The simple system was further
refined in the following months, and has become second nature to
most kernel developers. However, a recent debate on the lkml
illustrated the fact that nothing is simple, in this case with
concerns that archiving someone else’s email address in the
‘Signed-off-by:’ line could violate the UK’s Data Protection
Act…”

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