linux-kernel - Re: [patch] scsi: fix spurious build failures in aic7xxx

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Date:	Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:48:13 -0600
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [patch] scsi: fix spurious build failures in aic7xxx

On Sun, 2008-02-03 at 21:38 +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > 
> > > drivers/base/attribute_container.c: * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...eleye.com>
> > > drivers/base/transport_class.c: * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...eleye.com>
> > > drivers/scsi/raid_class.c: * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...eleye.com>
> > > include/linux/attribute_container.h: * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...eleye.com>
> > > include/linux/raid_class.h: * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...eleye.com>
> > > include/linux/transport_class.h: * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...eleye.com>
> > 
> > This is less obvious:  The copyrights are historical rather than current
> > and also, I was at steeleye when I did that work, so it does deserve to
> > be reflected in the file history.  I know it adds confusion from a whom
> > do I contact for this file point of view, but it is legally the right
> > thing to do.
> When I read the above is that the Copyright are assigned to the
> person "James Bottomley" with an email address.

That's the correct reading.

> If Steeleye deserve copyrights then _I_ would have
> explicitly stated the company name too.

No, I own the copyrights, but SteelEye was partially funding my open
source work at the time.

James


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