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From: David Gibson <david-xT8FGy+AXnRB3Ne2BGzF6laj5H9X9Tb+@public.gmane.org>
To: "Uwe Kleine-König"
	<u.kleine-koenig-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Jon Loeliger <loeliger-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	kernel-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org,
	devicetree-compiler-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fdtoverlay: Fix usage string to not mention "<type>"
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 19:45:19 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YrBBrzP0Xmd0B29Z@yekko> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220620072918.uxqg3w2wzjdagx2o-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>

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On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 09:29:18AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 09:35:18AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König 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-König wrote:
> > > > Hello David,
> > > > 
> > > > 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-König wrote:
> > > > > > fdtoverlay doesn't have a -t option, so explaining the type formats and
> > > > > > modifier prefixes doesn't make much sense.
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 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 juristical
> > > > > > semantic anyhow and I didn't add it.
> > > > > 
> > > > > It's true we've never formalized this, but I do generally prefer S-o-b
> > > > > lines to be present.
> > > > > 
> > > > > The patch LGTM, so if you could resent with the signoff I'll apply.
> > > > 
> > > > Then I wonder about the semantic of the Signed-off-by for dtc. Do you
> > > > believe it has any juristical effect if you don't give it an explicit
> > > > meaning for the project? INAL, but it feels wrong to me to insist on a
> > > > formalism but not having formalized its meaning.
> > > 
> > > Well, I'm not really sure what you mean by "juristical effect". 
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > > 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.
> > 
> > Even without S-o-b I'm listed in the Author line, isn't that enough for
> > providing a point of contact?
> 
> This patch wasn't applied and the S-o-b discussion just died.
> 
> In my eyes the options here are:
> 
>  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).
> 
> 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.

-- 
David Gibson			| I'll have my music baroque, and my code
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				| _way_ _around_!
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-06-20  9:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-03-22  8:08 [PATCH] fdtoverlay: Fix usage string to not mention "<type>" Uwe Kleine-König
     [not found] ` <20220322080859.230337-1-u.kleine-koenig-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2022-03-23  1:54   ` David Gibson
2022-03-23  7:46     ` Uwe Kleine-König
     [not found]       ` <20220323074652.kbslenf73cyjaso6-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2022-03-24  0:48         ` David Gibson
2022-03-24  8:35           ` Uwe Kleine-König
     [not found]             ` <20220324080451.za5eukns7ptisztx-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2022-06-20  7:29               ` Uwe Kleine-König
     [not found]                 ` <20220620072918.uxqg3w2wzjdagx2o-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2022-06-20  9:45                   ` David Gibson [this message]
2022-07-28  7:55                     ` David Gibson

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