linux-kernel - Re: Tracking and crediting bug reporters

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Date:	Mon, 12 May 2008 22:54:37 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Tracking and crediting bug reporters

On 05/12/2008 08:20 PM, Alan Cox wrote:
>> If the rest of the community is agreeable, it would be nice to make an
>> immediate start on this; it's not yet too late to get reasonable data for
>> the 2.6.26 kernel, and to have the habits well ingrained for 2.6.27.
>>
>> Thoughts?
> 
> I cannot add a tag with a third party personal information upon it
> without their permission nor can anyone else in a part of the world with
> any vaguely resembling privacy laws.

IANAL. Unless it's a public information, no? (As reports are.)

Otherwise we would be in a big trouble, since we do this as far as can git 
history tell at least.
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