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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
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Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org> wrote:
>
>  > In future, please try to gather Signed-off-by: lines for these
>  > contributions, thanks.
> 
>  How should we handle this with CVS? Should people add a
>  Signed-off-by: line to the CVS commit log?

That sounds reasonable.

> If they don't,
>  can I assume that "by policy" the Signed-off-by: line for
>  the committer is implicit?

I wouldn't do that.  S-O-B does imply that they have read, agreed to and
complied with the "Developer's Certificate of Origin" from
Documentation/SubmittingPatches.  That is not a thing which person A should
be asserting on person B's behalf.

> Or do I have to bug them to
>  mail me the Signed-off-by: line?

Yes please.