[OE-core] [PATCH 00/21][RFC v3] systemd Integration

[Enrico Scholz]

Radu Moisan <radu.moisan at intel.com> writes:

> No question about that, the question was whether to add Sign-off-by
> from the author itself. I know that we are doing it like that right
> now, but I don't understand it's reasoning. Being the author of a
> patch what would be the point in adding a Sign-off-by with the same
> name?

afaik, signed-off-by is required to allow tracking of the patch to prove
copyright or so.

The plain authorship information does not suffice because it may get
lost in some workflows.  E.g. when somebody sends a patch by email and
applies it manually, the metadata might get overridden.



Enrico