[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 2/2] ethernet: igb: e1000_phy: Check for ops.force_speed_duplex existence
Paul Menzel
pmenzel at molgen.mpg.de
Tue Jan 5 17:16:59 UTC 2021
Dear Jakub, dear Greg,
Am 03.11.20 um 19:39 schrieb Jakub Kicinski:
> On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 08:35:09 +0100 Paul Menzel wrote:
>> According to *Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1* [3], it’s my
>> understanding, that it is *not* required. The items (a), (b), and (c)
>> are connected by an *or*.
>>
>>> (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
>>> of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
>>> license and I have the right under that license to submit that
>>> work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
>>> by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
>>> permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
>>> in the file; or
>
> Ack, but then you need to put yourself as the author, because it's
> you certifying that the code falls under (b).
>
> At least that's my understanding.
Greg, can you please clarify, if it’s fine, if I upstream a patch
authored by somebody else and distributed under the GPLv2? I put them as
the author and signed it off.
(In this case the change, adding an if condition, is also trivial.)
Kind regards,
Paul
More information about the Intel-wired-lan
mailing list