linux-kernel - Re: why are some of my patches being credited to other "authors"?

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Date:	Sat, 09 Dec 2006 06:34:19 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
CC:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: why are some of my patches being credited to other "authors"?

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   i've submitted a number of patches recently and, every time i do a
> "git pull", i check the log to see if any of them have been applied so
> i can delete them from my personal "submitted but not applied"
> directory.  if they've been applied by another author, then naturally
> i'll never notice and i'll keep wondering about the delay.
> 
>   so what's the protocol here?  are more senior kernel developers
> allowed to poach on my patch submissions, tidy them up slightly, then
> drop any attribution to me?  enquiring minds *definitely* want this
> cleared up.
> 
> rday
> 
> p.s.  it's possible that this is all just a wild coincidence, of
> course.  stranger things have happened.

The protocol is simply to do best to give credit where credit is due. 
If your patch is taken directly, most likely it is a mistake if 
attribution was dropped.  If your patch was modified, often that patch 
will get checked in under the name of the person who last touched the 
change before commit -- and it is their responsibility to make sure and 
note that the change originally came from you.

	Jeff

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