Re: [PATCH] Add backlight driver for Nvidia-based Apple MacbookPros

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Sat Jun 07 2008 - 15:00:40 EST


On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 13:05:23 +0300 "Pekka Enberg" <penberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Matthew,
>
> On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 11:07:45PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >> Did this patch have appropriate attribution and signoffs?
>
> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Pommed is GPLv2.
>
> Andrew has required signoffs from all copyright holders of a patch in
> the past regardless of that.

More like "asked for". It's best to gather those signoffs if the
people are around.

Getting the From: correct is (IMO) more important.
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