On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 09:19:18AM -0600, Kangjie Lu wrote: > > So to be explicit, so you do not misunderstand me somehow: > > > > No more patches from umn.edu should be accepted into the Linux > > kernel until further public notice. > > This is clear to me. > > > They should be considered a > > "bad actor" given their prior history of submissions and lack of > > complying with the kernel community's prior requirements to > > them. > > I am sorry for the delay of the last process which is unfortunately > not under the control of the researchers. According to our > administration, the process has started and is moving forward. I hope > that can be done soon. Given that our previously agreed-upon requirements were not met, I do not think that finally meeting these requirements when caught that you were not following them is going to be acceptable to allow your organization to return to the kernel community. Your people have shown bad-faith toward us too many times, and we have wasted too much of our own time and energy on this for absolutely no benefit at all, except as an example to point others at and say "do not be like them." greg k-h
