From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 29 Jun 2001 03:53:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 29 Jun 2001 03:53:05 -0400 Received: from samba.sourceforge.net ([198.186.203.85]:58374 "HELO lists.samba.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 29 Jun 2001 03:52:57 -0400 From: Paul Mackerras MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15164.12795.968325.311643@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 17:44:59 +1000 (EST) To: Cort Dougan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Cosmetic JFFS patch. In-Reply-To: <20010629002906.E4348@ftsoj.fsmlabs.com> In-Reply-To: <15164.6716.301922.3947@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> <20010629002906.E4348@ftsoj.fsmlabs.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under Emacs 20.7.2 Reply-To: paulus@samba.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cort Dougan writes: > Can we then expect to see all mention of authors in drivers disappear from > the boot? I think we'll either see a lot more or a lot less. In my example I would have had no particular problem with a message saying "PPP driver copyright Al Longyear and Michael Callahan" or whatever. What annoyed me was the noisy copyright message about something that was only 20 or 30 lines of code, and not especially clever code at that. If copyright messages on boot are the way we get credit for the work we've done, then I have a few to add myself. :) My personal preference is for a quieter boot, with basically no copyright messages. It's Linus' call though. > Same with url's, version #'s and the like? See all the previous messages in this thread. :) > The built by > user@host message is a good bit of "drumming ones own drum" while > contributing very little (running 'make' vs. writing the system). Isn't that more a "who to blame" than credit? Paul.