Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261805AbVEVNl5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 May 2005 09:41:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261807AbVEVNl5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 May 2005 09:41:57 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:41995 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261805AbVEVNla (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 May 2005 09:41:30 -0400 Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 14:41:24 +0100 From: Russell King To: Linux Kernel Mailing List , torvalds@osdl.org Subject: Re: When we detect that a 16550 was in fact part of a NatSemi SuperIO chip Message-ID: <20050522144123.F12146@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Linux Kernel Mailing List , torvalds@osdl.org References: <200505220008.j4M08uE9025378@hera.kernel.org> <1116763033.19183.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050522135943.E12146@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20050522135943.E12146@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>; from rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk on Sun, May 22, 2005 at 01:59:44PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3081 Lines: 66 On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 01:59:44PM +0100, Russell King wrote: > On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 12:57:13PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > > Linus, please do not apply patches from me which have my personal > > information mangled or removed. I object to having my contributions > > anonymised in this way, just as I object to the contributions of others > > being anonymised. This makes it harder to contact those responsible for > > changes which are committed via Russell's trees, and makes a nonsense of > > the practice of including Signed-off-by: lines from the contributor. > > > > If Russell thinks that he's bound by the UK's Data Protection Act, then > > he presumably thinks that he's also obliged to honour my demand that he > > correct my personal information in his 'database'. His nonsensical > > amateur interpretation of the law would put him in a Catch-22 situation. > > David, > > I don't have time nor the inclination to deal with your petty single > mindedness thought games at the moment. > > However, what I will say is that if you think you know better than > solicitors, why don't you become one. At that point you can start > preaching about such things to others. Until then, your opinions > are only opinions and I don't have to take any notice what so ever > of you. > > Welcome to /dev/null - since I can't handle the stress you're causing > by this. It's nice and large and will contain everything further you > have to say on the subject *until* OSDL have completed their own > investigation into this issue. > > It's rather a shame that you can't be patient and work this out in > a civilised manner isn't it? I would like to add some further context to why I've had to take the regretable course of action I have. Firstly, I admit to accidentally applying David's patch, which I'm sorry for doing. However, that can't be undone. However, we have discussed the issue of the DPA by private email. When I didn't reply for a period of 1h15, he noticed me on IRC and started hounding me for an answer to his mail. When I declined to give an answer until OSDL have completed their investigation, but this wasn't satisfactory. The hounding continued. Not surprising one eventually gets annoyed. So, because David couldn't get the answer he wanted, he's decided to make the whole thing public as in his first mail to this list. I feel that this hardly the attitude of a mature individual wishing to resolve a difference of opinion. It merely serves to cause alienation and confrontation. So, regretfully, this leaves me with the only option but to ignore David via all forms of communication until the reason for deference is resolved - namely the completion of OSDLs investigation. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/