From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Gibson Subject: Re: [PATCH] fdtoverlay: Fix usage string to not mention "" Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 19:45:19 +1000 Message-ID: References: <20220322080859.230337-1-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> <20220323074652.kbslenf73cyjaso6@pengutronix.de> <20220324080451.za5eukns7ptisztx@pengutronix.de> <20220620072918.uxqg3w2wzjdagx2o@pengutronix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4ahp9aJwhF+/fFfa" Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gibson.dropbear.id.au; s=201602; t=1655768628; bh=tgipOpkfWvrzyHcQnAY7pmP01gDSeodJqBZYAn2QBBk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=RDQabP6yY90zttaMpIV19hNoMasxDXndxG76pJNHSC0brtOp5Jn7dYWRmyylm7Zhj KjkK/nxf4dho+QdBvyuxiLbKtuIbae3M3jwmiQObUzU629TqZVsYCCvOdoCApHnzck fuzapuxw4GHGTEflcBF7LYivH4sOpa5Zv2q3Ox+Q= Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20220620072918.uxqg3w2wzjdagx2o-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org> List-ID: To: Uwe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kleine-K=F6nig?= Cc: Jon Loeliger , kernel-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org, devicetree-compiler-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org --4ahp9aJwhF+/fFfa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 09:29:18AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-K=F6nig wrote: > Hello, >=20 > On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 09:35:18AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-K=F6nig wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 11:48:22AM +1100, David Gibson wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 08:46:52AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-K=F6nig wrote: > > > > Hello David, > > > >=20 > > > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 12:54:19PM +1100, David Gibson wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 09:08:59AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-K=F6nig wrot= e: > > > > > > fdtoverlay doesn't have a -t option, so explaining the type for= mats and > > > > > > modifier prefixes doesn't make much sense. > > > > > > --- > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > I was unsure if I'm supposed to add a signed-off-by line. It's = not > > > > > > formalized in the git repo, so I assume it won't have any juris= tical > > > > > > semantic anyhow and I didn't add it. > > > > >=20 > > > > > It's true we've never formalized this, but I do generally prefer = S-o-b > > > > > lines to be present. > > > > >=20 > > > > > The patch LGTM, so if you could resent with the signoff I'll appl= y. > > > >=20 > > > > Then I wonder about the semantic of the Signed-off-by for dtc. Do y= ou > > > > believe it has any juristical effect if you don't give it an explic= it > > > > meaning for the project? INAL, but it feels wrong to me to insist o= n a > > > > formalism but not having formalized its meaning. > > >=20 > > > Well, I'm not really sure what you mean by "juristical effect".=20 > >=20 > > For kernel patches (and quite a few other projects that adopted the > > "Developer's Certificate of Origin", I'd expect that as a maintainer or > > user of the project you can assume that there are no license problems > > with the contribution. > >=20 > > > AFAIK the S-o-b lines never have any legal force, as such - they're > > > just a form of documentation that helps to locate the right people to > > > contact if legal questions show up in future. > >=20 > > Even without S-o-b I'm listed in the Author line, isn't that enough for > > providing a point of contact? >=20 > This patch wasn't applied and the S-o-b discussion just died. >=20 > In my eyes the options here are: >=20 > a) just apply the patch as is > b) formalize the meaning of S-o-b and then I can resend with my > signature (assuming I agree to the formalization). >=20 > I don't have a strong opinion here, but my favourite would be a) as it's > less work for me. I've been meaning to do (b), but I just haven't gotten around to it. --=20 David Gibson | I'll have my music baroque, and my code david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist, thank you. NOT _the_ _other_ | _way_ _around_! http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson --4ahp9aJwhF+/fFfa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEoULxWu4/Ws0dB+XtgypY4gEwYSIFAmKwQZMACgkQgypY4gEw YSLU1A//Q7m1FJr6LfZRwmG7mxuaQ2OxbAeJkxc8O9nHxMces4UDxKnPqbzibHYc KtkFaPQhnxmMhxYthEVgO6bmzFOvyDQrnnxdul+pLBlQZ8R4TJD2E7Kbh5h3TeMK D7vFD5GXDkSwZgukusY9dP9sjiStmECRm0BJgDxbR2nDXv3IKfzde9KaRKZRaoPn sa7vzyRA4z4y6pKC11gmCi6ECNQ0t0B9W9vtq9y18l2E/jLuTOnkXu19iTJobhI/ rnkTo215NmTNA+PYGLDRxGg1q2QbDnn55g4tW8aYp4ga2K6QRBCrRn9o1atXylLX eOTWPxKy3FFbc31rgHntyys4RhweTr8GYAxizAFzJa5ZlYBwZWSU+0+eNEZtM8J3 ixwMLtr726HteaBB/y6UZJ/3HyDrh4C9DFvAXng+eGyR/SmjpGI6FCbMuVrYarem rEXpAr7lbzI25GX0Be71oBZmtaSDKZ4o8TcQHNfoi8kO/rqZZWq0D7FMBFPvTajD 8SagqqO7c5X9PDXPDolnd+NJ4gsukuFkuDYtJkZBB7yGc8FfZj2e1o3pHg781MGA Lz4KUSQHse0nbk440XdAMDv+PN0eqVE5q7cp1b04TlKsGMivkm0K6GqrMN3jUQoM ZquIrAZcXzpdV0Je31ov0PLsMKE2mRqESmUIa73SevDIjZ2G8ck= =7R/C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4ahp9aJwhF+/fFfa--