linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/patch-tags, one more time

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0802080959130.2896@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 8 Feb 2008 10:00:36 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/patch-tags, one more time



On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> +
> +These tags are:
> +
> +From: 	   	The original author of the patch.  This tag will ensure
> +		that credit is properly given when somebody other than the
> +		original author submits the patch.

"From:" is not a tag. It's a special marker at the *top* (and _only_ the 
top) of the email, which indicates authorship. It goes along with markers 
like "Date:" and "Subject:", and has nothing to do with the sign-off-like 
tags at the end.

		Linus
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