linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add checking if from-author sign-off is last

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Date:   Mon, 07 Dec 2020 17:18:03 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Philipp Bruegmann <philipp.bruegmann@....de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, linux-kernel@...cs.fau.de,
        Tobias Langer <langer@...fau.de>,
        Ferdinand Schober <ferdinand.schober@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add checking if from-author sign-off is last

On Tue, 2020-12-08 at 00:42 +0100, Philipp Bruegmann wrote:
> Print a check if the last Signed-off-by is by the From: author.
> 
> submitting-patches.rst states 'the last Signed-off-by: must always be
> that of the developer submitting the patch.'.
> This patch tries to enforce this, under the assumption that the From:
> author is that developer.

Bad assumption.  Commonly the person submitting a patch
is an upstream maintainer, not the developer.