Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Linux Contribution Maturity Model and the wider community

[Finn Thain]

On Mon, 19 Jun 2023, Kees Cook wrote:

> > @@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ Level 5
> >  
> >  * Upstream kernel development is considered a formal job position, with
> >    at least a third of the engineer’s time spent doing Upstream Work.
> > -* Organizations will actively seek out community member feedback as a
> > -  factor in official performance reviews.
> 
> This really cannot be dropped -- companies must factor upstream work 
> into performance reviews or it will continue to be seen as "free time" 
> work, and employees won't be recognized for their upstream 
> contributions. If an org has no perf reviews, this item is already 
> nullified, IMO.
> 

I believe that I've now addressed this in my reply to Greg.