Re: [PATCH net] MAINTAINERS: update

On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 12:19 AM Lijun Pan [off-list ref] wrote:

On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 6:40 PM [off-list ref] wrote:

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Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (refs/heads/master):

On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:25:25 -0500 you wrote:

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I am making this change again since I received the following instruction.

"As an IBM employee, you are not allowed to use your gmail account to work
in any way on VNIC. You are not allowed to use your personal email account
as a "hobby". You are an IBM employee 100% of the time.
Please remove yourself completely from the maintainers file.
I grant you a 1 time exception on contributions to VNIC to make this
change."

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Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] MAINTAINERS: update
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/4acd47644ef1

In the past 8 months I have received many emails from you, asking me
about my current status. I am sorry that I did not have a chance to
answer all of them.

The most questions being asked were “Are you still with IBM? Did they
restore you to the previous job?”. I think I can answer these
questions now. I am not with IBM anymore. I was terminated this month.
I wasn’t able to work on ibmvnic since June, even as a hobby, which
you can figure out from the mailing list traffic. The last 8 months
was tough for me. But I am very thankful to all of you for your
kindness and support.

hi Lijun,
just wanted to pop in for a sec.

I am so sorry to hear about this and I sincerely hope that you are
doing better now.

I will be celebrating the holiday with my family for the rest of the
year. I would be happy to find something worth my time (vs. arguing
about the open source way of doing things with an entity). I would
rather just have a break and relax myself than do something completely
mundane for another company. Thank you in advance for any connections,
advice or opportunities that you can offer.

please do! relax and don't burn yourself out. everything will be okay with time!

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you, and your family! :)

best,
slade