Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 02/26/2012 10:02 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> >> - many other projects (linux, git itself) seems to use them, and I >> believe there's a reason for this (even if I've failed to find it >> so far); >> > Here it is -- point 12 at: > https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/7ada1dd6/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > > To improve tracking of who did what, especially with patches that can > percolate to their final resting place in the kernel through several > layers of maintainers, we've introduced a "sign-off" procedure on > patches that are being emailed around. > > The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the > patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the right > to pass it on as an open-source patch. > > Not sure how useful is this with the much stricter copyright policy of > the FSF ...
Exactly. For us there is no utility in a s-o-b line that matches the Author: line.
