Re: [PATCH] Document from line in patch format

Linus wrote:
> No. If there is no "From:" at the top of the body, the authorship is taken 
> from the "From:" from the _email_.

So _that_ is the real reason it's called the "from" line,
not the "author" line.

Now it is making more sense.

New patch v2 coming soon.

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- Re: [PATCH] Document from line in patch format
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- Re: [PATCH] Document from line in patch format
  - From: Paul Jackson <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] Document from line in patch format
  - From: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

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