Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution
by lr1970 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @06:33AM
(#37672758)
> We all like the feeling of credit, but this context is very important.
Exactly, this is why a field "co-authored-by:" is a nice middle ground that allows for providing partial credit to the original author while maintaining maintainer's freedom to rewrite the whole damn thing.
Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution
by yencabulator on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @10:17PM
(#37684392)
Linux does not use Co-authored-by.
There was no Signed-off-by in the original patch, and the rules say Co-developed-by also requires a Signed-off-by.
It was a security issue and was fixed ASAP, not waiting to hear back from the submitter.
https://kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patche...
Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution
by phendrenad2 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @10:35AM
(#37675261)
[delayed]
The maintainer deemed it inferior and they are the one to decide. By posting on a security list, the maintainer went out of their way to give the issue critical priority, speedy processing and extra critical correctness review. We all like the feeling of credit, but this context is very important.
It's too bad the proposed fix wasn't good enough, but getting the issue resolved is always first priority, above getting claim to the fix.