linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Fix common misspellings

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Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:52:46 -0300
From:	Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...fusion.mobi>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, trivial@...nel.org,
	lucas.de.marchi@...il.com
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Fix common misspellings

Hi Ingo,

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 3:29 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
> I've gone over your changes and noticed one very small thing, you've changed
> copyright strings as well:
>
> - * Copyright (C) 2007 Marvell Internation Ltd.
> + * Copyright (C) 2007 Marvell International Ltd.
> - * Copyright (C) 2007 Marvell Internation Ltd.
> + * Copyright (C) 2007 Marvell International Ltd.
> - * Copyright (C) 2007 Marvell Internation Ltd.
> + * Copyright (C) 2007 Marvell International Ltd.
> - * Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Marvell Internation Ltd.
> + * Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Marvell International Ltd.
> - * Copyright (C) 2007 Marvell Internation Ltd.
> + * Copyright (C) 2007 Marvell International Ltd.
> - * Copyright (C) 2007 Marvell Internation Ltd.
> + * Copyright (C) 2007 Marvell International Ltd.
> - * Copyright (C) 2007 Marvell Internation Ltd.
> + * Copyright (C) 2007 Marvell International Ltd.
> - * Copyright (c) 2002 The Regents of the Unviersity of Michigan
> + * Copyright (c) 2002 The Regents of the University of Michigan
>
> While all the fixes are correct, i'd advise against changing copyright notices
> without the SOB of the authors. The s/Unviersity/University fix would be ok i
> guess because it's a very clear typo, but the Marvell one is borderline (while
> it too is probably a typo) i think it needs a signoff from those who put the
> copyright notices there in that form.
>
> You could leave out those bits from the patch as well.

Ok. I saw these when manually reviewing and a 'git grep "Marvell
International Ltd"'  revealed a lot of places using "the right form",
so I assumed they were in fact typos.

I'll remove them for now, and send a separate patch later asking for
the required s-o-b.


thanks
Lucas De Marchi
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