From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1EDA0AC1 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2015 17:34:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.17.21]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7950B14B for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2015 17:34:39 +0000 (UTC) From: Peter =?iso-8859-1?q?H=FCwe?= To: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:36:33 +0200 References: <20150711000034.GU111846@vmdeb7> <20150716121620.65ce6daa@gandalf.local.home> <20150716162847.GA31921@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20150716162847.GA31921@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201507161936.33860.PeterHuewe@gmx.de> Cc: Dan Carpenter , Jason Cooper Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] Recruitment (Reviewers, Testers, Maintainers, Hobbyists) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Am Donnerstag, 16. Juli 2015, 18:28:47 schrieb Greg KH: > 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... Nice idea :) Peter