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Clarify "real name" in contributor requirements #1886

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12 changes: 8 additions & 4 deletions CONTRIBUTING.rst
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Expand Up @@ -163,10 +163,14 @@ include the line in your commit or pull request comment::

Signed-off-by: Your Name <your@email.example.org>

...using your real name; unfortunately pseudonyms and anonymous contributions
can't be accepted. Git makes this trivial - just use the -s flag when you do
``git commit``, having first set ``user.name`` and ``user.email`` git configs
(which you should have done anyway :)
We accept contributions under a legally identifiable name, such as
your name on government documentation or common-law names (names
claimed by legitimate usage or repute). Unfortunately, we cannot
accept anonymous contributions at this time.

Git allows you to add this signoff automatically when using the ``-s``
flag to ``git commit``, which uses the name and email set in your
``user.name`` and ``user.email`` git configs.

Private sign off
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions changelogs/internal/newsfragments/1886.clarification
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Clarified "real name" in contributor requirements to match other matrix-org projects.