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 4063A41C for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:18:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eusmtp01.atmel.com (eusmtp01.atmel.com [212.144.249.242]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 960D815A for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:18:28 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <55BB7561.3040408@atmel.com> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:17:21 +0200 From: Nicolas Ferre MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg KH , Steven Rostedt References: <20150711000034.GU111846@vmdeb7> <20150711001348.GA30675@kroah.com> <20150711055441.GA6316@sudip-PC> <20150715212043.775be5d2@gandalf.local.home> <20150716132551.GH4039@sirena.org.uk> <20150716094720.2bf9f5ac@gandalf.local.home> <55A7C7FE.6000604@sonymobile.com> <20150716094125.16cdda73@lwn.net> <55A7D73F.4020105@sonymobile.com> <20150716121620.65ce6daa@gandalf.local.home> <20150716162847.GA31921@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20150716162847.GA31921@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Dan Carpenter , Jason Cooper , "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] Recruitment (Reviewers, Testers, Maintainers, Hobbyists) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Le 16/07/2015 18:28, Greg KH a écrit : > 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... Being named in the in the "Kernel development" section of lwn.net is generally a valuable and nice reward. Bye, -- Nicolas Ferre