Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933335AbYB2XRU (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:17:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752538AbYB2XRM (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:17:12 -0500 Received: from khc.piap.pl ([195.187.100.11]:42839 "EHLO khc.piap.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750991AbYB2XRM (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:17:12 -0500 To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Few ideas... References: From: Krzysztof Halasa Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:17:10 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Jan Engelhardt's message of "Sat\, 1 Mar 2008 00\:11\:28 +0100 \(CET\)") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 818 Lines: 22 Jan Engelhardt writes: > d: I think it would not bad if it were included in the resulting > object file like MODULE_AUTHOR is. I specifically don't want it in the binary - maintainers change, it's not a point of contact for end users. It would be for source code ops only. > If anything, MODULE_AUTHOR could be removed, because the original > author(s) are usually listed at the top of the .c file and not > always the ones to talk to when there is a bug (=> the maintainer > is). Perhaps it's there because of copyright. -- Krzysztof Halasa -- 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/