On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 12:38:24PM -0500, Mark M. Hoffman wrote: > Hi again: > > * Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org> [2005-01-04 10:23:03 +0100]: > > > Is there a published standard for email address obfuscation? Would it > > > make sense if there was? ;) > > > > I tried a simple (cowboyz-free) obfuscation in the early days but Greg > > told me it was making things more complex for him, so I stopped. This > > probably means that people not wanting their e-mail address known just > > cannot sign kernel patches. > > How about this: > > Signed-off-by: Craig Kelly (In-Store Broadcasting Network) > Signed-off-by: Glenn Ball (Utilitek Systems, Inc.) > Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman at lightlink.com> > > The first two aren't going to maintain the driver anyway, but I want > the signatures there as contributor of the datasheet and holder of the > copyright, respectively. If I'm going to "sign-off" that I am allowed > to distribute this work, then I also want to include from whom this > permission came. Linus wrote [1]: That's an ok way to do it, but I _really_ would like to see real email addresses in the signed-off-by line, as it helps out in the end for figuring out problems. Care to redo the patch? thanks, greg k-h
