# Re: \[PATCH 2/2\] MAINTAINERS: Mark VMware mailing list entries as private

- From: Jakub Kicinski \<kuba@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2021-11-09 00:16:56 
- List: linux-input
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-input/2021/11/1566028
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/dri-devel/2021/11/1565923/t.md

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On Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:37:53 -0800 Joe Perches wrote:
> > @@ -6134,8 +6134,8 @@ T:	git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
> >  F:	drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/
> >  
> >  DRM DRIVER FOR VMWARE VIRTUAL GPU
> > -M:	"VMware Graphics" [ref]
> >  M:	Zack Rusin [ref]
> > +L:	linux-graphics-maintainer@vmware.com (private)  
> 
> This MAINTAINERS file is for _public_ use, marking something
> non-public isn't useful.

But Greg has a point. Corporations like to send us code with a list 
as the maintainer and MODULE_AUTHOR set to corp's name. We deal with
humans, not legal entities.

I've been trying to get them to use "M: email" without the name,
but "L: list (private)" also works.

Either way I feel like we need _some_ way to tell humans from corporate
"please CC this address" entries.

> private makes no sense and likely these L: entries shouldn't exist.
```