Copyright assignment form request

Jonathan Wakely jwakely@redhat.com
Sat Sep 20 20:53:19 GMT 2025


On Sat, 20 Sept 2025 at 17:34, Ben Wu <soggysocks206@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I recently submitted a patch to GCC (libstdc++) which requires a copyright assignment form or DCO certification. I
> included a sign-off line in my patch, but I am not sure this will work since my name is not recorded anywhere
> (though I have a couple insignificant patches which included my email address but not my name).

If this is your real name, then the DCO sign-off you sent in the
updated patch is fine. We don't need proof that you are who you claim
to be (and we can't actually know if you use an alias and tell us you
aren't!)


>
> I was hoping to request an assignment form to cover this patch and all future changes. I am not contributing as
> part of my job, so no employer disclaimer should be necessary.
>
> Thanks!
> -Ben



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