From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3743FC48BC2 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2021 05:28:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1922C6128C for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2021 05:28:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229922AbhFWFab (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jun 2021 01:30:31 -0400 Received: from ni.piap.pl ([195.187.100.5]:44546 "EHLO ni.piap.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229660AbhFWFa3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jun 2021 01:30:29 -0400 Received: from t19.piap.pl (OSB1819.piap.pl [10.0.9.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ni.piap.pl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B38F04A000D; Wed, 23 Jun 2021 07:28:11 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ni.piap.pl B38F04A000D DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=piap.pl; s=mail; t=1624426091; bh=t48Nx1nCTXxqM7Gk6oUvqx0157Xr9DcRpKbDqx5JVd8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=Cbv3Uw/lFBkgMq2kEbkgm9+QjRethFE4Pe4ShCtfiCyYcrdxdd1DeKQJrnigQi9Qi gm/Xtqi95i1JHaAhU2s3ofUhJfInKEAovoXsrTKGzSiPpzOVekkHUyqTjxpTaM8Yck 4RwY8hWFXdB8+DRRe8y+PxGl7A2Om97TMF32vMJ0= From: =?utf-8?Q?Krzysztof_Ha=C5=82asa?= To: Laurent Pinchart Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab , linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC v2] MEDIA: Driver for ON Semi AR0521 camera sensor References: Sender: khalasa@piap.pl Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2021 07:28:11 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Laurent Pinchart's message of "Wed, 23 Jun 2021 07:31:18 +0300") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-KLMS-Rule-ID: 4 X-KLMS-Message-Action: skipped X-KLMS-AntiSpam-Status: not scanned, whitelist X-KLMS-AntiPhishing: not scanned, whitelist X-KLMS-AntiVirus: Kaspersky Security for Linux Mail Server, version 8.0.3.30, not scanned, whitelist Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Laurent Pinchart writes: > How does a lack of an SoB line prevent someone from doing exactly what > you've described above ? The work is not published under GPL. > Maintainers usually understand these issues. They may fail to notice, > but if you point out a patch that would steal your work, that would > prevent it from being merged. I'd like to believe this as well. Unfortunately, it doesn't work like that. See the "tw686x" (an SD TV frame grabber) case. I didn't even request that the other driver wasn't merged. I only wanted it as a patch on top of the original one - so the history could be visible. --=20 Krzysztof Ha=C5=82asa Sie=C4=87 Badawcza =C5=81ukasiewicz Przemys=C5=82owy Instytut Automatyki i Pomiar=C3=B3w PIAP Al. Jerozolimskie 202, 02-486 Warszawa