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> We all like the feeling of credit, but this context is very important. Exactly, this is why a field "co-authored-by:" is a nice middle ground that allows for
by lr1970 3y ago
> We all like the feeling of credit, but this context is very important.
Exactly, this is why a field "co-authored-by:" is a nice middle ground that allows for providing partial credit to the original author while maintaining maintainer's freedom to rewrite the whole damn thing.
- yencabulator 3y agoLinux does not use Co-authored-by. There was no Signed-off-by in the original patch, and the rules say Co-developed-by also requires a Signed-off-by. It was a security issue and was fixed ASAP, not waiting to hear back from the submitter. https://kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#when-to-use-acked-by-cc-and-co-developed-by https://kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patche...