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Comment by ccouzens

3 years ago

Assuming it is the case I don't think it's polite to share this information. I don't know their motivation for creating a separate public image, but I think we should respect their decision to do so by not connecting them.

The Linux kernel does not accept anonymous contributions due to legal reasons.

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/1.Intro.html

> 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 proper safeguards) cannot be contributed.

  • I expect Asahi Lina to be more than happy to assign copyright to an appropriate entity to contribute it upstream.