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Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:24:19 +0100 From: Unavowed <unavowed@...illium.org> To: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: Add NOGET quirk for the CH Pro Throttle On 06/04/11 15:17, Jiri Kosina wrote: >> I, and probably other flight sim fans running Linux, would be very happy >> if someone could fix write a patch fixing this. > > I thought you'd figure that out :) Thanks for the report, I have queued > the fix in my tree. Great, thanks. >> And if I may comment on that "no pseudonyms" policy, I don't fully >> understand the motivation behind it. After all, there have been many >> authors of copyrighted works who created them without revealing their >> real name[1]. Is this something to please the lawyers of Linux's >> corporate overlords? > > I guess this would be topic for a separate thread, but anyway ... but I > believe you'd be able to dig much information from reading the threads > where entity calling itself 'Shem Multinymous' tried to submit Thinkpad > Embedded Controller drivers. > > It basically defeats the Developer's Certificate of Origin process > completely. Thanks for the reference, I'll remember it the next time I consider writing a patch. -- Unavowed -- 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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