On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 03:27:55PM +0100, Danil Kipnis wrote: > Hi Leon, > > On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 11:15 AM Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Perhaps it is normal practice to write half a company as authors, > > and I'm wrong in the following, but code authorship is determined by > > multiple tags in the commit messages. > > Different developers contributed to the driver over the last several > years. Currently they are not working any more on this code. What tags > in the commit message do you think would be appropriate to give those > people credit for their work? Signed-of-by/Co-developed-../e.t.c But honestly without looking in your company contract, I'm pretty sure that those people are not eligible for special authorship rights and credits beyond already payed by the employer. Thanks > > Best, > Danil