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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
To: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFD] Explicitly documenting patch submission
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On Sun, 23 May 2004, Davide Libenzi wrote:
> 
> Andrew already puts the "From:" thing in the patch comment, so this should 
> be simply a matter of replacing "From:" with "Signed-off-by:", preserving 
> it in logs, and documenting the thing in the patch submission doc. No?

Yes and no.

Right now it is _Andrew_ that does the From: line from you. In the 
sign-off procedure, it would be _you_ who add the "Signed-off-by:" line 
for yourself.

(And then Andrew would sign off on the fact that you signed off).

Not a big difference, I agree. 

		Linus