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authorAmber Brown <hawkowl@atleastfornow.net>2018-06-29 10:33:31 +0100
committerAmber Brown <hawkowl@atleastfornow.net>2018-06-29 10:33:31 +0100
commitec766b25303b420850e6d2875f156f23109acf6a (patch)
treeb22292d49f53bd8cca765b435e908ff0a5e8063a
parentAttempt to be more performant on PyPy (#3462) (diff)
downloadsynapse-ec766b25303b420850e6d2875f156f23109acf6a.tar.xz
clarification on what "real names" are
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 954758afdc..6c295cfbfe 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -130,11 +130,15 @@ If you agree to this for your contribution, then all that's needed is to
 include the line in your commit or pull request comment::
 
     Signed-off-by: Your Name <your@email.example.org>
-    
-...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.
 
 Conclusion
 ~~~~~~~~~~