Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3 1/3] code-of-conduct: Fix the ambiguity about collecting email addresses

[Alexandre Belloni]

Hello,

On 17/10/2018 11:49:06-0700, Frank Rowand wrote:
> Permission vs exclusion is orthogonal to my comments.
> 
> "building linux" is not the patch wording.  "ordinarily collected by the
> project" is a much broader universe.
> 
> A very simplistic definition of public _could_ be:
> 
>   - Visible on a project mail list that any one can subscribe to
>   - Visible on a project mail list whose archive is available via
>     the public internet
>   - Visible on an interactive communication ("chat") platform that
>     is open to the public internet
>   - Published on a web page intended for public access (for example
>     this could cover opt-in conference attendee lists and emails
>     that conference presenters voluntarily place in their slides).

What about properly formatted patches (with From and SoB) sent to the
maintainer, without copying any mailing lists? To me, a patch sent to a
maintainer is obviously sent for inclusion in the kernel.

>   - (I am guessing the above covers 97% or more of possible public
>     sources, but maybe there are some more common sources.)
> 
> I'm sure that the professionals that deal with information privacy
> could provide better wording for the above list.  I am but an
> amateur in that field.
> 
> Anything else collected by the project would not be considered public.
> For example, an email address provided in an email sent to me and not
> copied to any mail list would not be public.

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Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin
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