Re: MODULE_MAINTAINER

From: Rene Herman
Date: Thu Apr 26 2007 - 12:48:00 EST


On 04/26/2007 06:00 PM, Alan Cox wrote:

Tie Alan to his chair and take away his keyboard while we submit patches removing MODULE_AUTHOR? Or just apply a trivial two line, optional, non mandatory, patch introducing a MODULE_MAINTAINER? You pick... :-)

MODULE_AUTHOR is extremely important for licensing enforcement. Removing
it should not be an option.

Yes, the "choice" was obviously in jest. If you say MODULE_AUTHOR must stay, so must it. As said, that just leaves me wanting a way to override it as a contact.

Rene.

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