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On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 12:16:20PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> I heard that IBM once had a method where if you submitted a change, and
> that change made it into kernel, even if the final change was not
> authored by you, you still got credit for it. That's a fabulous way of
> looking at contributions and giving credit to your employees.

You also got a big stuffed penguin for your first kernel patch being
accepted, which turned out to be a good motivator for people when half
of the cubes on the floor had the penguin but you didn't.

I like the idea of sending out something for a kernel patch, I'll see if
the LF could sponsor something like that...

greg k-h