[PATCH] localedata: Add disclaimer to files contributed with assignment

Carlos O'Donell carlos@redhat.com
Fri Mar 27 16:14:18 GMT 2026


On 3/25/26 2:42 PM, Collin Funk wrote:
> Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> writes:
> 
>>> I assume that Akhilesh is covered by one of the copyright
>>> assignments
>>> that Samsung has filed? If so those ones are good, along with the Red
>>> Hat ones, obviously.
>>
>> Locales do not require assignment so there isn't even a question to ask.
>>
>> Note1: https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/20130220215701.B263F2C0A7@topped-with-meat.com/
>> Note2: https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/87pmtq54hs.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com/
>>
>>> However, is it okay to add the license for localedata/locales/sah_RU? I
>>> don't see Valery in copyright.list and doesn't have a Signed-off-by.
>> Yes, because assignment is not required for locales.
>>
>> Since Valery Timiriliyev's contribution was pre-DCO I opted for the old
>> disclaimer.
>>
>> For DCO contributions to locales we use the simplified new disclaimer.
>>
>> Does that clarify things?
> 
> Yeah, those threads clarify things. Thanks for linking them, I was not
> aware of them.
> 
> And the decision for the disclaimer on Valery Timiriliyev's contribution
> makes sense to me.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>

Thank you for the thoughtful review!

It is exactly the kind of perspective I needed, and it makes the commit
message better than it was before.

I've pushed with added Link: tags to the above conversations so we have a
record in the git commit message that references these decisions.

-- 
Cheers,
Carlos.



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