From: Theodore Tso <tytso@MIT.EDU>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Shem Multinymous <multinymous@gmail.com>,
"J.R. Mauro" <jrm8005@gmail.com>,
tpctl-users@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Tpctl-users] Inclusion of tp_smapi module into kernel?
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:27:04 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081117202704.GG14523@mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4921C425.7020806@zytor.com>
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:21:09AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> We've discussed that in private at the time, and recently on LKML too.
>> In summary:
>> I'm fine with that, and so is everybody I talked to (including Linus),
>> except Greg KH who vetoed it since he believes the code is irrevocably
>> and contagiously evil.
>>
>
> Signed-off-by is about copyright, it's not a review issue. It means "I
> certify that I know that the author had the rights to submit this code."
> Code quality is important but separate.
Indeed; so what were Greg KH's complaints, specifically? Were they a
code review issue or was just complaining about the anonymity issue?
(Note that Shem has also been willing to disclose is identity to
someone who would be willing/able to vouch that he's a real person,
and so we would have just as much legal traceability back to him as
any other piece of code which was submitted with a Signed-off-by.)
- Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-17 20:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-17 13:55 Inclusion of tp_smapi module into kernel? Hanno Böck
2008-11-17 16:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-11-17 17:13 ` J.R. Mauro
2008-11-17 18:35 ` [Tpctl-users] " Shem Multinymous
2008-11-17 18:49 ` J.R. Mauro
2008-11-17 19:21 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-11-17 20:27 ` Theodore Tso [this message]
2008-11-23 12:30 ` Pavel Machek
2008-11-17 20:35 ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-11-18 13:48 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-11-18 17:13 ` Pavel Machek
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