Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] ethernet: igb: e1000_phy: Check for ops.force_speed_duplex existence | From | Paul Menzel <> | Date | Tue, 19 Jan 2021 07:55:19 +0100 |
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Dear Jakub, dear Greg,
Am 05.01.21 um 18:25 schrieb Greg KH: > On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 06:16:59PM +0100, Paul Menzel wrote:
>> Am 03.11.20 um 19:39 schrieb Jakub Kicinski: >>> On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 08:35:09 +0100 Paul Menzel wrote: >>>> According to *Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1* [3], it’s my >>>> understanding, that it is *not* required. The items (a), (b), and (c) >>>> are connected by an *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 >>> >>> Ack, but then you need to put yourself as the author, because it's >>> you certifying that the code falls under (b). >>> >>> At least that's my understanding. >> >> Greg, can you please clarify, if it’s fine, if I upstream a patch authored >> by somebody else and distributed under the GPLv2? I put them as the author >> and signed it off. > > You can't add someone else's signed-off-by, but you can add your own and > keep them as the author, has happened lots of time in the past. > > Or, you can make the From: line be from you if the original author > doesn't want their name/email in the changelog, we've done that as well, > both are fine.
Greg, thank you for the clarification.
Jakub, with that out of the way, can you please take patch 2/2?
Kind regards,
Paul
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