clear, this is a perfect explaining for Signed-off-by :-) Thanks a lot. Coly Theodore Tso wrote: > 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 > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
