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@@ -39,6 +39,38 @@ set the document root to the *www* directory in your local Git repository. With this configuration, you can then generate your local version of the website and view it by typing `localhost` in your browser's URL bar. +Privacy of contributors (you do not have to reveal your name or identity!) +------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Contributions that you make are publicly recorded, in a Git repository which +everyone can access. This includes the name and email address of the +contributor. + +In Git, for author name and email address, you do not have to use identifying +data. You can use Libreboot Contributor and your email address could be +specified as contributor@libreboot.org. You are permitted to do this, if +you wish to maintain privacy. We believe in privacy. If you choose to remain +anonymous, we will honour this. + +Of course, you can use whichever name and/or email address you like. + +For enhanced privacy, we recommend that you use a [trustworthy VPN +provider](https://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-services-keep-you-anonymous-in-2019/) +and route all of your traffic through Tor (on top of the VPN). The +[Tor website](https://torproject.org/) has instructions on it for routing +traffic through the Tor network. + +Legally speaking, all copyright is automatic under the Berne Convention of +international copyright law. It does not matter which name, or indeed whether +you even declare a copyright (but we do require that certain copyright +licenses are used - read more about that on this same page). + +If you use a different name and email address on your commits/patches, then you +should be fairly anonymous. Use +[git log](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Viewing-the-Commit-History) +and [git show](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-show) to confirm that before you +push changes to a public Git repository. + General guidelines for submitting patches ----------------------------------------- |