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From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb•auug.org.au>
To: Florian Klink <flokli@flokli•de>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel•org>,
	Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat•com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org>,
	Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@vger•kernel.org>,
	ValdikSS <iam@valdikss•org.ru>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Signed-off-by missing for commits in the hid tree
Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 07:55:41 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220504075541.30c8aba1@canb.auug.org.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220503212210.mqv3kxderfxesrue@tp.flokli.de>

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Hi Florian,

On Tue, 3 May 2022 23:22:10 +0200 Florian Klink <flokli@flokli•de> wrote:
>
> On 22-05-03 07:34:28, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> >
> >Commits
> >
> >  5c9b8fae88bc ("HID: lenovo: Add note about different report numbers")
> >  a0a5c2a69699 ("HID: lenovo: Sync Fn-lock state on button press for Compact and TrackPoint II keyboards")
> >  24401f291dcc ("HID: lenovo: Add support for ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II")
> >
> >are missing a Signed-off-by from their author.
> >  
> 
> Yes, this is "intentional"/expected. See
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220121124116.cj6xtxvzw7rbkcs6@tp/.
> 
> TL;DR: ValdikSS doesn't want to use a real name, and asked someone else
> to send this over (what I did).
> 
>  From my email linked there:
> 
> > It seems the "real name" requirement only applies to the Signed-Off-By
> > (not Author) field, and sending a contribution provided by some other
> > person is covered by (c) in the DCO 1.1. 

Thanks for clarifying.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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      reply	other threads:[~2022-05-03 21:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-02 21:34 linux-next: Signed-off-by missing for commits in the hid tree Stephen Rothwell
2022-05-03 21:22 ` Florian Klink
2022-05-03 21:55   ` Stephen Rothwell [this message]

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