Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934624Ab0HEWZf (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Aug 2010 18:25:35 -0400 Received: from mail-px0-f174.google.com ([209.85.212.174]:54336 "EHLO mail-px0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760882Ab0HEWYf (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Aug 2010 18:24:35 -0400 From: Kevin Hilman To: Patrick Pannuto Cc: "linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arm-msm\@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-omap\@vger.kernel.org" , "damm\@opensource.se" , "lethal\@linux-sh.org" , "rjw\@sisk.pl" , "eric.y.miao\@gmail.com" , "netdev\@vger.kernel.org" , Greg Kroah-Hartman , alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, zt.tmzt@gmail.com, grant.likely@secretlab.ca, magnus.damm@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform: Facilitate the creation of pseduo-platform busses Organization: Deep Root Systems, LLC References: <4C59E654.1090403@codeaurora.org> <877hk56hiy.fsf@deeprootsystems.com> <4C5A0C68.9080500@codeaurora.org> <87fwytxdba.fsf@deeprootsystems.com> <4C5AE75F.5020507@codeaurora.org> Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:24:31 -0700 In-Reply-To: <4C5AE75F.5020507@codeaurora.org> (Patrick Pannuto's message of "Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:31:27 -0700") Message-ID: <87eiecr940.fsf@deeprootsystems.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) 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: 1513 Lines: 36 Patrick Pannuto writes: >> >>> You had indicated that you were going on vacation for a month and I >>> had not seen any more follow-up on this issue, so I forged ahead. >> >> Great, I'm glad you forged ahead. There is definitely a broader need >> for something like this, and I have no personal attachment to the code. >> >> I have no problems with you continuing the work (in fact, I'd prefer it. >> I have lots of other things to catch up on after my vacation.) >> >> In the future though, it's common (and kind) to note the original author >> in the changelog when basing a patch on previous work. Something like >> "originally written by..." or "based on the work of..." etc. > > Ok, I can do that; that was the intention of the "original inspiration from" > line at the beginning. Maybe we need an 'Inspired-by:' tag. :) > Is there a more formal way of indicating this in the > next version of the patch? Should I add you as a "From:" or an "Author:"? I don't know if there is an official way of doing this. I typically add something like "based on the idea/code originally proposed/written by John Doe" in the changelog, and then add Cc: John Doe <...> in the changelog too, but AFAIK, none of this is formalized. Kevin -- 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/