Re: [PATCH net] MAINTAINERS: update

[Slade Watkins <slade@sladewatkins.com>]

On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 12:19 AM Lijun Pan <lijunp213@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 6:40 PM <patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello:
> >
> > This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (refs/heads/master):
> >
> > On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:25:25 -0500 you wrote:
> > > I am making this change again since I received the following instruction.
> > >
> > > "As an IBM employee, you are not allowed to use your gmail account to work
> > > in any way on VNIC. You are not allowed to use your personal email account
> > > as a "hobby". You are an IBM employee 100% of the time.
> > > Please remove yourself completely from the maintainers file.
> > > I grant you a 1 time exception on contributions to VNIC to make this
> > > change."
> > >
> > > [...]
> >
> > Here is the summary with links:
> >   - [net] MAINTAINERS: update
> >     https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/4acd47644ef1
>
>
> In the past 8 months I have received many emails from you, asking me
> about my current status. I am sorry that I did not have a chance to
> answer all of them.
>
> The most questions being asked were “Are you still with IBM? Did they
> restore you to the previous job?”. I think I can answer these
> questions now. I am not with IBM anymore. I was terminated this month.
> I wasn’t able to work on ibmvnic since June, even as a hobby, which
> you can figure out from the mailing list traffic. The last 8 months
> was tough for me. But I am very thankful to all of you for your
> kindness and support.

hi Lijun,
just wanted to pop in for a sec.

I am so sorry to hear about this and I sincerely hope that you are
doing better now.

>
> I will be celebrating the holiday with my family for the rest of the
> year. I would be happy to find something worth my time (vs. arguing
> about the open source way of doing things with an entity). I would
> rather just have a break and relax myself than do something completely
> mundane for another company. Thank you in advance for any connections,
> advice or opportunities that you can offer.

please do! relax and don't burn yourself out. everything will be okay with time!

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you, and your family! :)

best,
slade