linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: add new QCA alx ethernet driver

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Date:	Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:22:38 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	"Ren, Cloud" <cjren@....qualcomm.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	qca-linux-team <qca-linux-team@...lcomm.com>,
	nic-devel <nic-devel@...lcomm.com>,
	"Huang, Xiong" <xiong@....qualcomm.com>,
	"hao-ran.liu@...onical.com" <hao-ran.liu@...onical.com>,
	"Rodriguez, Luis" <rodrigue@....qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: add new QCA alx ethernet driver

On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 10:54 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 06:49:25AM +0000, Ren, Cloud wrote:
> > Luis has ever asked joe for adding as a Signed-off-by.
[]
> I'm curious, did Luis ask on list or off?

Off vger lists with some qca list or exploder added.

> The Signed-off tag has some legal bindings (all other tags are for
> credit/info only). It is that person saying that the changes they made
> to a patch are theirs and are giving the right to distribute it.

I believe I posted all patches I signed-off to vger lists.

>   The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the
>   patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the right to
>   pass it on as an open-source patch.
> 
> Joe, If you actually modified part of the code in the patch, you do have
> the right to add a signed-off-by tag. If you just made suggestions or
> reviewed, then a 'Suggested-by' or 'Reviewed-by' tag would be more
> appropriate.

Yes, I sent signed-off patches to their original RFC submission
(back last year?).  To me, this single large patch is like a
snapshot of a git tree and not all contributors to that git
tree should be noted as signers of the entire thing.


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