Re: [PATCH 1/1] staging: unisys: Fix MAINTAINERS

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On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 08:18:44AM -0600, Romer, Benjamin M wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 2014-03-06 at 12:01 -0800, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 10:01:04AM -0600, Romer, Benjamin M wrote:
> > > This patch updates the MAINTAINERS file to add the maintainer for the
> > > Unisys s-Par driver set.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Ken Cox <jkc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > signed-off-by: Ben Romer <sparmaintainer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Please capitalize things properly.
> > 
> > And your From: address does not match your "Signed-off-by:" line.  Why
> > are you trying to use an "alias" as a maintainer or a sign-off?  We want
> > a "real" address / name please, especially as it's obvious you have one :)
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> The email address I listed is a group address - I'll change the contents of the file
> so they more accurately describe how we've set things up.

The file is fine (I think).

Signed-off-by is like signing a legal document.  You should sign on your
own behalf and not for a group of people.  And if the Signed-off-by
doesn't match your From then how do we know it's really you?

regards,
dan carpenter

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