Patrick Pannuto <ppannuto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> You had indicated that you were going on vacation for a month and I >>> had not seen any more follow-up on this issue, so I forged ahead. >> >> Great, I'm glad you forged ahead. There is definitely a broader need >> for something like this, and I have no personal attachment to the code. >> >> I have no problems with you continuing the work (in fact, I'd prefer it. >> I have lots of other things to catch up on after my vacation.) >> >> In the future though, it's common (and kind) to note the original author >> in the changelog when basing a patch on previous work. Something like >> "originally written by..." or "based on the work of..." etc. > > Ok, I can do that; that was the intention of the "original inspiration from" > line at the beginning. Maybe we need an 'Inspired-by:' tag. :) > Is there a more formal way of indicating this in the > next version of the patch? Should I add you as a "From:" or an "Author:"? I don't know if there is an official way of doing this. I typically add something like "based on the idea/code originally proposed/written by John Doe" in the changelog, and then add Cc: John Doe <...> in the changelog too, but AFAIK, none of this is formalized. Kevin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
