Jujutsu: a new, Git-compatible version control system

Posted Jan 21, 2024 8:38 UTC (Sun) by josh (subscriber, #17465)
In reply to: Jujutsu: a new, Git-compatible version control system by khim
Parent article: Jujutsu: a new, Git-compatible version control system

I think *all* CLAs are a bad idea. Including the FSF's, to be clear. There's no Google-specific animosity here, nor is there animosity at all, just advocacy.

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Jujutsu: a new, Git-compatible version control system

Posted Jan 21, 2024 15:05 UTC (Sun) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link] (1 responses)

Could the problem here be a "certificate of authenticity" problem? Like the kernel's "signed-off-by tag" or whatever it's called?

I know I don't understand the kernel's setup, and I gather there's quite a bit of cargo-culting there, so it's quite a hard problem to solve, but it's trying to get a cast iron guarantee that the person contributing a fix actually has the right to contribute it.

I certainly get the impression that certain sub-system maintainers demand certificates (or they won't merge a patch) from people who clearly have no authority to grant them, so ...

The only way to securely fix the problem is to have something like a CLA where a lawyer quizzes you and says "you DO have the right to contribute this patch, don't you?".

Cheers,
Wol

Jujutsu: a new, Git-compatible version control system

Posted Jan 21, 2024 21:29 UTC (Sun) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]

The kernel's DCO (Developer's Certificate of Origin) is quite different to signing over rights AIUI. But that's as much as I'll speculate on differences, but at least I can contribute the name of the thing :) .