Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/1] update copyright notice

[David Kiarie]

On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 5:36 PM David Kiarie <address@hidden> wrote:

> i hope you don't find this offensive, Eric but i'm forwarding this message
> to all the people on this thread.
>
> i don't find anything exactly private in this email.
>
> [off-list]
>
> On 3/4/19 1:20 PM, David Kiarie wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 8:48 PM Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <address@hidden
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On 3/4/19 4:18 PM, David Kiarie wrote:
> >>> Signed-off-by: David Kiarie <address@hidden>
> >>
> >> Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <address@hidden>
> >>
> >
> > would i be wrong to say this patch received unwarranted scrutiny from
> you,
> > Philippe?
>
> David, please calm down, and don't write emails that can sound like you
> are attacking your reviewers on list.  Assume good intent - Philippe
> reviewed your patch with the same level of scrutiny as many other
> patches he reviews, and his question for your previous patch revision
> about whether you intended to change the copyright year was not an
> attack, but an honest question.
>
> Open source works best when anyone feels like they can contribute.
> Copyright lines are an interesting beast - they carry legal
> significance, so care should be taken that they aren't changed by
> mistake, but at the same time, you do not have to know the code that the
> copyright is protecting to ask an honest question about whether a change
> is intentional.
>

it's simply not fair for me to waiting for you guys to merge this patch. i
sent both, you can pick whichever.


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