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1.1     ! js          1: Please submit patches to the DVB driver to the linux-dvb mailing list,
        !             2: http://linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo.
        !             3: 
        !             4: For info on preparing the patches, please read the file
        !             5: linux/Documentation/SubmittingPatches, which is distributed
        !             6: with the kernel sources.
        !             7: 
        !             8: *****************************************************************
        !             9: Especially we request that you sign off your patches
        !            10: according to the "Developer's Certificate of Origin" with
        !            11: a Signed-off-by: line (see linux/Documentation/SubmittingPatches).
        !            12: *****************************************************************
        !            13: 
        !            14: For developers with CVS commit access it is required to add
        !            15: a Signed-off-by: line to the CVS commit message. It would
        !            16: also be nice to keep in mind when writing the CVS commit
        !            17: messages that we will use them later when forwarding
        !            18: the patches for inclusion into Linus' kernel, so they
        !            19: will end up in the kernel changelog.
        !            20: 
        !            21: A side effect of the Signed-off-by: line is that you
        !            22: will get automatic mail notifcation when your patches
        !            23: are submitted to lkml and accepted into the kernel
        !            24: (thanks to http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt).
        !            25: 
        !            26: 
        !            27: 2005-05-10 Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org>
        !            28: ---
        !            29: 
        !            30: http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/5/10/38
        !            31: 
        !            32: Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 02:16:45 -0700
        !            33: From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
        !            34: To: Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org>
        !            35: Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
        !            36: 
        !            37: Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org> wrote:
        !            38: >
        !            39: >  > In future, please try to gather Signed-off-by: lines for these
        !            40: >  > contributions, thanks.
        !            41: >
        !            42: >  How should we handle this with CVS? Should people add a
        !            43: >  Signed-off-by: line to the CVS commit log?
        !            44: 
        !            45: That sounds reasonable.
        !            46: 
        !            47: > If they don't,
        !            48: >  can I assume that "by policy" the Signed-off-by: line for
        !            49: >  the committer is implicit?
        !            50: 
        !            51: I wouldn't do that.  S-O-B does imply that they have read, agreed to and
        !            52: complied with the "Developer's Certificate of Origin" from
        !            53: Documentation/SubmittingPatches.  That is not a thing which person A should
        !            54: be asserting on person B's behalf.
        !            55: 
        !            56: > Or do I have to bug them to
        !            57: >  mail me the Signed-off-by: line?
        !            58: 
        !            59: Yes please.