From 2261c03bcdefa375a23425d79711af6e456a3426 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tulir Asokan Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 19:36:55 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify "real name" in contributor requirements (#1886) This updates the sign-off requirements to match what most other matrix-org and element-hq repos already have. The change was first made in synapse: https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/3467 Signed-off-by: Tulir Asokan --- CONTRIBUTING.rst | 12 ++++++++---- changelogs/internal/newsfragments/1886.clarification | 1 + 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 changelogs/internal/newsfragments/1886.clarification diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst index f93b44f4..a1228769 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst @@ -163,10 +163,14 @@ include the line in your commit or pull request comment:: Signed-off-by: Your Name -...using your real name; unfortunately pseudonyms and anonymous contributions -can't be accepted. Git makes this trivial - just use the -s flag when you do -``git commit``, having first set ``user.name`` and ``user.email`` git configs -(which you should have done anyway :) +We accept contributions under a legally identifiable name, such as +your name on government documentation or common-law names (names +claimed by legitimate usage or repute). Unfortunately, we cannot +accept anonymous contributions at this time. + +Git allows you to add this signoff automatically when using the ``-s`` +flag to ``git commit``, which uses the name and email set in your +``user.name`` and ``user.email`` git configs. Private sign off ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/changelogs/internal/newsfragments/1886.clarification b/changelogs/internal/newsfragments/1886.clarification new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4a21158c --- /dev/null +++ b/changelogs/internal/newsfragments/1886.clarification @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Clarified "real name" in contributor requirements to match other matrix-org projects.