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| author | Matthew Hodgson <matthew@arasphere.net> | 2018-06-30 00:21:10 +0100 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-06-30 00:21:10 +0100 |
| commit | 75d4986a8c7e1fb9bb5c005ad8f1ca7f263d34a3 (patch) | |
| tree | 25d9dc1ed2ac171f6f26ed2928d126ee64c1e848 /CONTRIBUTING.rst | |
| parent | Merge pull request #3456 from matrix-org/hawkowl/federation-prevevent-checking (diff) | |
| parent | topfile (diff) | |
| download | synapse-75d4986a8c7e1fb9bb5c005ad8f1ca7f263d34a3.tar.xz | |
Merge pull request #3467 from matrix-org/hawkowl/contributor-requirements
Clarify "real name" in contributor requirements
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| -rw-r--r-- | CONTRIBUTING.rst | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
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 ~~~~~~~~~~ |