From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lvb1S-0007WA-Ou for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:41:42 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lvb1O-0007Ta-8D for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:41:42 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34557 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lvb1N-0007TV-Uv for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:41:38 -0400 Received: from bsdimp.com ([199.45.160.85]:64990 helo=harmony.bsdimp.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lvb1N-0008Ri-BO for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:41:37 -0400 Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:40:23 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20090419.114023.-1219431309.imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH, RFC] Add file describing rules for submitting patches From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, blauwirbel@gmail.com In message: Blue Swirl writes: : +SP2.4: Optionally, the "Signed-off-by:" line may be followed with a : +line with only "---" and on the following lines, other comments not : +intended for changelog (for example diffstat, location of a git tree, : +whether the patch is also directed towards stable tree, witty : +signature etc.) : + : +SP2.5: Exception: For extremely short and trivial patches (one-line : +fixes etc.), the description and "Signed-off-by:" lines may be : +omitted, in which case the subject must be appended with the : +submitter's name in parenthesis Signed-off-by: is at least an implied contract that the patch submitted conforms to the Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1: Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1 By making a contribution to this project, I certify that: (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I have the right to submit it under the open source license indicated in the file; or (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source license and I have the right under that license to submit that work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part by me, under the same open source license (unless I am permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated in the file; or (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified it. (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution are public and that a record of the contribution (including all personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with this project or the open source license(s) involved. At least that's what it means for the Linux world. I believe that QEMU also follows that, but we should likely make it explicit in this document. That's why trivial patches don't necessarily need this: There's no IP associated with them, so no need to diligently track it. Warner