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Re: Merging commits together into a super-commit

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JHJan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>
Date
May 12, 2007, 13:02 UTC
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On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 15:41:45 +0300, Eugine Kosenko wrote:
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> 2007/5/11, Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>:
> >And it is not enough. Authorship information is lost.
> 
> If one dare to make such super-commit, he would be the author of the
> whole couple of changes.

No, he would not. He would be committer, but the change would still be based on the work of the original authors and therefore would have to be attributed to them (and especially they would still remain copyright holders).

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						 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>
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Message 4 of 4 in “Re: Merging commits together into a super-commit”
  1. linux@horizon.comMay 10, 2007
  2. Alex RiesenMay 11, 2007
  3. Merging commits together into a super-commitEugine Kosenko, May 11, 2007
  4. Jan HudecMay 12, 2007

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