Re: dual license and GPL

[Tzahi Fadida <Tzahi.ML2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 05 April 2007 19:13:20 Erik Mouw wrote:
> 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.

Just curious, is there a way to know how much of your original patches 
remained?
I wonder if they keep statistics/able to calculate who is the best contributor 
by number of code lines/files/etc... Not that this is a competition or that 
number of lines is a measure of a good patch.

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