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List:       ltp-list
Subject:    Re: [LTP] [TESTING] OCFS2 improvements in 2.6.26
From:       Joel Becker <Joel.Becker () oracle ! com>
Date:       2008-08-29 17:20:35
Message-ID: 20080829172034.GC5342 () mail ! oracle ! com
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On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:24:35PM +0530, Subrata Modak wrote:
> > 	What is a "DCO signoff"?  There are multiple authors, but being
> > GPL it is available to you under those terms.
> > 
> 
> A DCO signoff is something defined here, and normally used by the Linux
> Kernel developer community to post their patches:
> http://ltp.sourceforge.net/DCO.txt,

	Oh, just a Signed-off-by: line.  Why didn't you just say that?
:-)

> Even when some code in under GPL, it can be used and tested by numerous
> people. But it cannot be embedded inside LTP even though LTP is GPL too.
> What is required in such a case is that any of the authors, who may hold
> a Copyright(C) and himself/herself has contributed the code, can then go
> ahead and send that code attached in a Patch, (or send a link to that
> code) to LTP-list with a Signoff, which implies that he/she does not
> have any objection in LTP using/hosting/re-releasing that code.

	I suppose if that's how LTP wants to operate.  It's not required
by anything in the process.

Joel

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Joel Becker
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Oracle
E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com
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