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Date:   Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:05:39 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To:     Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ethernet: igb: e1000_phy: Check for
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On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 07:55:19 +0100 Paul Menzel wrote:
> Am 05.01.21 um 18:25 schrieb Greg KH:
> > On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 06:16:59PM +0100, Paul Menzel wrote: =20
> >> Am 03.11.20 um 19:39 schrieb Jakub Kicinski: =20
> >>> On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 08:35:09 +0100 Paul Menzel wrote: =20
> >>>> According to *Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1* [3], it=E2=80=
=99s my
> >>>> understanding, that it is *not* required. The items (a), (b), and (c)
> >>>> are connected by an *or*.
> >>>> =20
> >>>>>           (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 su=
bmit 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 in=
dicated
> >>>>>               in the file; or =20
> >>>
> >>> 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. =20
> >>
> >> Greg, can you please clarify, if it=E2=80=99s fine, if I upstream a pa=
tch authored
> >> by somebody else and distributed under the GPLv2? I put them as the au=
thor
> >> and signed it off. =20
> >=20
> > 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.
> >=20
> > 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. =20
>=20
> Greg, thank you for the clarification.
>=20
> Jakub, with that out of the way, can you please take patch 2/2?

Please repost the patches, if you know how please add a lore link to
this posting, thanks!