Re: [RFD] Explicitly documenting patch submission

[La Monte H.P. Yarroll]

Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Tue, 25 May 2004, La Monte H.P. Yarroll wrote:
>  
>
> > Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > The plan is to make this very light-weight, and to fit in with how we 
> > > already pass patches around - just add the sign-off to the end of the 
> > > explanation part of the patch. That sign-off would be just a single line 
> > > at the end (possibly after _other_ peoples sign-offs), saying:
> > >
> > > 	Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >      
> > To avoid the requirement of all submissions going through a single person,
> > we have a system of formal authorizations. Specific people are authorized
> > to release certain classes of work. Would the community object to a slight
> > modifications to the Signed-off-by lines from TimeSys? E.g.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: La Monte H.P. Yarroll <piggy@xxxxxxxxxxx> under TS00062
> >
> > This completes the traceability path all the way back to the VP who signed
> > off on TS00062.
> >    
>
> I think this is great. In general, I think people who want to add their 
> own extra tags after their email address should be able to do so. We might 
> even have a few standard tags for things like asking for acknowledgement 
> etc.
>  
Thanks.

> > I THINK I have a case not covered here. I sometimes need to post
> > unpublished work done by other people at my company. Since the work is
> > not yet published, the GPL doesn't really grant me any special rights.
> > The authorization I use to publish is in fact NOT an open source
> > license. I think clause (b) could probably be weakened to cover my case.
> >    
>
> I think the "(unless I am permitted to submit under a different license)" 
> part already covers that,  but yes, if we want to get really technically 
> anal about it we migth spell it out.
>  
It's an occupational hazzard for me--I talk to lawyers too much :-).  Let me
see if I can get a blessed recommendation for rephrasing clause (b).

I don't think the authorizations I work with qualify as licenses.

> > I'd like to include a link between the external path and our internal 
> > procedures.
> >    
>
> Would the extra tag at the end be sufficient for that, or are you talking 
> about something more?
>  
The extra tag suffices.

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