Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:21:09 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [Tpctl-users] Inclusion of tp_smapi module into kernel? |
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Shem Multinymous wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:13 PM, J.R. Mauro <jrm8005@gmail.com> wrote: >> There are several utilities maintained by this author, and finding >> some way to merge the code has been tried more than once. If you look >> back far enough, Andrew asked to have another of the project's members >> sign off on the patch, and maybe that would be acceptable enough, but >> afaik the author has never responded directly to that idea. > > We've discussed that in private at the time, and recently on LKML too. > In summary: > I'm fine with that, and so is everybody I talked to (including Linus), > except Greg KH who vetoed it since he believes the code is irrevocably > and contagiously evil. >
Signed-off-by is about copyright, it's not a review issue. It means "I certify that I know that the author had the rights to submit this code." Code quality is important but separate.
-hpa
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