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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:27:04 -0500 From: Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU> To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> Cc: Shem Multinymous <multinymous@...il.com>, "J.R. Mauro" <jrm8005@...il.com>, tpctl-users@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Tpctl-users] Inclusion of tp_smapi module into kernel? On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:21:09AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> We've discussed that in private at the time, and recently on LKML too. >> In summary: >> I'm fine with that, and so is everybody I talked to (including Linus), >> except Greg KH who vetoed it since he believes the code is irrevocably >> and contagiously evil. >> > > Signed-off-by is about copyright, it's not a review issue. It means "I > certify that I know that the author had the rights to submit this code." > Code quality is important but separate. Indeed; so what were Greg KH's complaints, specifically? Were they a code review issue or was just complaining about the anonymity issue? (Note that Shem has also been willing to disclose is identity to someone who would be willing/able to vouch that he's a real person, and so we would have just as much legal traceability back to him as any other piece of code which was submitted with a Signed-off-by.) - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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