On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 10:03:07AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Fri, 2019-03-22 at 08:57 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote: > > The documentation for Co-developed-by is a bit light on details, e.g. it > > doesn't explicitly state that: > > > > - Multiple Co-developed-by tags are perfectly acceptable > > - Co-developed-by and Signed-off-by must be paired together > > - SOB ordering should still follow standard sign-off procedure > > > > Lack of explicit direction has resulted in developers taking a variety > > of approaches, often lacking any intent whatsoever, e.g. scattering SOBs > > willy-nilly, collecting them all at the end or the beginning, etc... > > Tweak the wording to make it clear that multiple co-authors are allowed, > > and document the expectation that standard sign-off procedures are to > > be followed. > > > > The use of "original author" has also led to confusion as many patches > > don't have just one "original" author, e.g. when multiple developers > > are involved from the genesis of the patch. Remove all usage of > > "original" and instead call out that Co-developed-by is simply a way to > > provide attribution in addition to the From tag, i.e. neither tag is > > intended to imply anything with regard to who did what. > > > > Provide examples to (hopefully) eliminate any ambiguity. > > Please add the checkpatch bit to this at the same time. Doh, spaced on that. I'll wait for additional feedback before sending v5.
