On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 06:16:59PM +0100, Paul Menzel wrote: > Dear Jakub, dear Greg, > > > Am 03.11.20 um 19:39 schrieb Jakub Kicinski: > > On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 08:35:09 +0100 Paul Menzel wrote: > > > According to *Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1* [3], it’s my > > > understanding, that it is *not* required. The items (a), (b), and (c) > > > are connected by an *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 > > > > Ack, but then you need to put yourself as the author, because it's > > you certifying that the code falls under (b). > > > > At least that's my understanding. > > Greg, can you please clarify, if it’s fine, if I upstream a patch authored > by somebody else and distributed under the GPLv2? I put them as the author > and signed it off.
You can't add someone else's signed-off-by, but you can add your own and keep them as the author, has happened lots of time in the past. Or, you can make the From: line be from you if the original author doesn't want their name/email in the changelog, we've done that as well, both are fine. thanks, greg k-h
