[gdpr-discuss] Git and the Right for Rectification

[Elias Aarnio]

Hello, people!

I am Elias, an FOSS user&activist who turned into a privacy consultant.

So far I've just following this discussion silently as I simply have
been too busy. I wish to point out something that I think is of
importance in this discussion.

When using Git in an FLOSS project (FLOSS here in wide sense - using any
copyleft license), an important part of using Git is the act of
accepting the license and thus giving certain IPR that usually belong to
the author, to the project. This act of giving the IPR away must be
documented as this kind of usage is an exception to legislation
everywhere that I know of.

Personal information like name and email address are needed for
identifying the person who is contributing the IPR. This is a legitimate
interest mentioned recital 47 of GDPR.

>From this point of view IMHO one could argue that as the information has
been accurate at the time of the act of committing (and simultaneously
accepting the conditions mentioned in the copyleft license used),
keeping the information intact is also possible.


-- 
Elias Aarnio