Re: dual license and GPL

[Erik Mouw <mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 06:09:26PM +0300, Ramagudi Naziir wrote:
> Let's take the Linux case for example. Let's assume I write a kernel
> module, license it under the GPL and it is accepted to mainline kernel.
> How can I know who contributed to it after some time ?

That's what git is for:

  git log v2.6.20.. drivers/whatever/yourdriver.c

That will tell you about every commit made to that particular file
since linux-2.6.20. Because every commit requires a Signed-off-by line,
you can see who contributed to your code.

> Every person that adds a line to a kernel file, adds his name to the header
> of the file as a contributer ?

That would  make the amount of comments at the top of each line really
huge. :)


Erik

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