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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 06:32:18 -0600 (CST)
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com>
To: Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>,
        Rick Hohensee <humbubba@smarty.smart.net>,
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Subject: Re: dropcopyright script
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Richard Gooch wrote:

> Jeff Garzik writes:
> > On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Russell King wrote:
> > 
> > > Rick Hohensee writes:
> > > > .......................................................................
> > > > ## drop copyright notices to the bottoms of C files in current dir and
> > > > #     subs. 
> > > 
> > > Please don't run this on any files maintained by myself.  I want the
> > > copyright notices to be prominently displayed at the top of the file
> > > so it can't be missed.
> > 
> > Ditto.  Don't touch drivers/net either.
> 
> Sames goes for arch/i386/kernel/mtrr.c and fs/devfs.
> 
> In fact, assume the default is that people don't want this done. Get
> permission from individual maintainers. If they don't respond, don't
> touch their files. Don't ask twice.

FWIW Rick replied to me privately, saying he was only running the script
on his local files, not sending patches to Linus...

	Jeff




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