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docs: Fix conflicting contributor identity info

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In commit d4563201f3 ("Documentation: simplify and clarify DCO
contribution example language"), the patch submission documentation was
updated to remove the note about pseudonyms and instead simplify it to
allow "known identities".

The process documentation still explicitly prohibits pseudonymous
contributors. This patch changes the process documentation to line up
with the submitting patches document.

Signed-off-by: Ammar Askar <ammar@ammaraskar.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250318235331.3566174-1-ammar@ammaraskar.com
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Ammar Askar 2025-03-18 19:53:31 -04:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
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@ -251,12 +251,12 @@ there is no prospect of a migration to version 3 of the GPL in the
foreseeable future.
It is imperative that all code contributed to the kernel be legitimately
free software. For that reason, code from anonymous (or pseudonymous)
contributors will not be accepted. All contributors are required to "sign
off" on their code, stating that the code can be distributed with the
kernel under the GPL. Code which has not been licensed as free software by
its owner, or which risks creating copyright-related problems for the
kernel (such as code which derives from reverse-engineering efforts lacking
free software. For that reason, code from contributors without a known
identity or anonymous contributors will not be accepted. All contributors are
required to "sign off" on their code, stating that the code can be distributed
with the kernel under the GPL. Code which has not been licensed as free
software by its owner, or which risks creating copyright-related problems for
the kernel (such as code which derives from reverse-engineering efforts lacking
proper safeguards) cannot be contributed.
Questions about copyright-related issues are common on Linux development