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Subject: Re: PSA: Do not use "Reported-By" without reporter's approval
From:   Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To:     Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Date:   Wed, 22 May 2019 13:00:17 -0700
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On Wed, 2019-05-22 at 15:58 -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 12:45:06PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > It is common courtesy to include this tagline when submitting 
> > > patches:
> > > 
> > > Reported-By: J. Doe <jdoe@example.com>
> > > 
> > > Please ask the reporter's permission before doing so (even if they'd
> > > submitted a public bugzilla report or sent a report to the mailing
> > > list).
> > 
> > I disagree with this.
> > 
> > If the report is public, and lists like vger are public,
> > then using a Reported-by: and/or a Link: are simply useful
> > history and tracking information.
> 
> I'm perfectly fine with Link:, however Reported-By: usually has the 
> person's name and email address (i.e. PII data per GDPR definition).

So?

Like I wrote, if that report came from a public list, that
report _also_ contained the person's name and email address.