On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 02:07:30PM +0800, Coly Li wrote:
>
> Do you mean "Signed-off-by Coly Li <coyli@xxxxxxx>" ?
> I just though this is used for others to sign my patch :-)
No, it's really bad to add a Signed-off-by for anyone other than
yourself, since it has legal significance. It's something that you
have to do for yourself. :-)
Quoting from SUBMITTING-PATCHES:
The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the
patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the right to
pass it on as a open-source patch. The rules are pretty simple: if you
can certify the below:
Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
have the right to submit it under the open source license
indicated in the file; or
(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
license and I have the right under that license to submit that
work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
in the file; or
(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
it.
(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
this project or the open source license(s) involved.
then you just add a line saying
Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
In this case of your gcc -Wall cleanups, the changes involved were
small and probably fell below the threshold of something that could be
protected by copyright --- and I ended up choosing a different way of
cleaning up for one or two of the cleanups anyway. But for anything
non-trivial, these days I am requested a Developers Certification of
Origin.
Regards,
- Ted
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