On 22/02/17 10:54, Antonio Quartulli wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 09:30:39AM +0100, Steffan Karger wrote: >> On 22-02-17 08:39, Gert Doering wrote: >>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 02:21:35AM +0100, David Sommerseth wrote: >>>>>> >From d97f526a2ddbf2abe60a64260601ebd742fc00cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >>>>>> From: "Simon (simix)" <via-trac> >>>>> >>>>> Do we have a policy how to handle patches with missing author info? >>>> >>>> I see no reason at all why we should not give proper credit with full >>>> name. >>> >>> That was only half the question - of course I *want* to give full credits, >>> but is "not having this information available & no SoB line" a reason >>> for rejecting a patch? >>> >>> The patch in question is quite obvious, so this is not something to bring >>> in the lawyers - more a matter of general policy. >> >> Same here. >> >> For this specific patch: I asked the reporter on trac for full name and >> email last night. We can wait for a bit to see if he replies. >> >> In general: what do we do when we don't get a full name and email, but >> do want to apply the patch? Wait forever? Claim authorship (but refer >> to the trac ticket in the commit msg)? Apply anyway? ...? > > IMHO somebody has to take ownership of every piece of code release under a > given > license (just to avoid any future problem). So the patch should not be applied > as is. > > Then ... > in theory, you can't take ownership of somebody else' work, but nothing > prevents > you from re-writing a "very similar" patch and sign it yourself. In particular > if the author did not show any interest in pursuing this any further. >
+1 -- kind regards, David Sommerseth OpenVPN Technologies, Inc
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