Re: [PATCH 2.6.17-rc6-mm1 ] net: RFC 3828-compliant UDP-Lite support

[James Morris]

On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, David Miller wrote:

> > Understood. Please, anyone, disregard or un-apply the previous
> > UDP-Lite patch.  A revised patch will be prepared and posted as soon
> > as testing permits.
> 
> Nobody is going to integrate your patch anywhere, don't worry.
> You make it clear that once you toss this piece of code over
> the wall, you'll disappear.

Having dealt with more than enough code thrown over the wall in recent 
times, I agree.

But, if someone well known & trusted wants to claim responsibility for the 
code once it's upstream, that might be a way forward (I think the Apache 
project has or had a policy like this).



- James
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James Morris
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