Re: [git pull] drm

"C. Bergström"
2009-12-11T00:16:06Z

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, Alan Cox wrote:
>
>>> But not only is Fedora not following the rules,
>>>
>> You changed the rules. You require a Signed-off-by:. Fedora can no more
>> add a signed off by than you can. It's not their code nor Red Hat's code
>> any more than they "own" the kernel because they pay someone to work on
>> it.
>>
>
> You're avoiding the point: they are shipping it, they are paying for (at
> least some) development, and they seem to not even want to face the issue.
>
> Sign-offs aren't some new feature that took Red Hat people by surprise.
> The "get it merged upstream first" didn't change in any way from it: it
> just codified existing practice - of _course_ everybody expects copyrights
> to be honored and clear.
>
>
>> It's really simple: if you want to merge it *you* pull it and sign it off.
>> If you aren't prepared to do that then ask why Fedora should, its not
>> their code either.
>>
>
> I'm not shipping it. They are. That's the difference.
>
> I realize that you have some emotional attachments to Red Hat, but ask
> yourself (and answer honestly): what would you think if some random other
> distro was packaging tens of thousands of lines of kernel code and not
> apparently working at trying to get them upstream?
>
> Dave claims it's only been going on for a few months, but quite frankly,
> we all know better. The nouveau kernel modules have been shipped for a lot
> longer than just F12.
>
> And it's possible that other distros are doing the same thing. I happen to
> know that Fedora does it (and has been doing it for at least a year),
> because I happen to have an Intel development machine that runs Fedora and
> was shipped by Intel with an nVidia card (and has a power supply that
> craps out if you don't use several hundred watts of power, so I can't
> change it to something more power-efficient - seriously).
>
Thanks for the rather lengthly explanation, but in case you missed what
people are trying to say here..

With all due respect Linus..

"patches welcome"