On 10.02.25 12:15, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > On Sat, Feb 08, 2025 at 04:36:47PM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: >> On 07.02.25 10:05, Laurent Pinchart wrote: >>> On Thu, Feb 06, 2025 at 03:30:10PM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: >>> [...] >>>> +Be careful in the addition of the aforementioned tags to your patches, as all >>>> +except for Cc:, Reported-by:, and Suggested-by: need explicit permission of the >>>> +person named. For those three implicit permission is sufficient if the person >>>> +contributed to the Linux kernel using that name and email address according >>>> +to the lore archives or the commit history -- and in case of Reported-by: >>>> +and Suggested-by: did the reporting or suggestion in public. Note, >>>> +bugzilla.kernel.org is a public place in this sense, but email addresses >>>> +used there are private; so do not expose them in tags, unless the person >>>> +used them in earlier contributions. > [...] >> But I'm not sure how to solve that. Would simply >> dropping the "explicit" solve this? Or should I start the section like this: > > Dropping "explicit" seems to be the simplest solution, but the next > sentence mentions "implicit permission" which would then sound weird. TBH: a bit, yes, but I think I'd prefer that a tiny bit over making that section yet again a few lines longer. But I don't care much. Maybe someone else (Jonathan?) can weight in on this? >> "" >> Be careful in the addition of the aforementioned tags to your patches, >> almost all need permission by the person named; one can be assumed if >> the person provided that tag in a reply or acknowledged its inclusion > > "in a reply to a public list" Yes, albeit I'd go with "public reply" (shorter, and does not exclude a reply in a public bug tracker comment). >> after being made aware that name and email address will end up in public >> places where they can't be removed. >> >> The tags Cc:, Reported-by:, and Suggested-by: are an exception: for >> those three implicit permission is sufficient, ... >> """ > This sounds good to me. Thx! Ciao, Thorsten
