linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] lib: Update LZ4 compressor module based on LZ4 v1.7.2.

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Date:   Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:39:28 +0100
From:   Sven Schmidt <4sschmid@...ormatik.uni-hamburg.de>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     joe@...ches.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, bongkyu.kim@....com,
        sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sven Schmidt <4sschmid@...ormatik.uni-hamburg.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] lib: Update LZ4 compressor module based on LZ4 v1.7.2.

On 12/22/2016 06:31 PM, Greg KH wrote:
>On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 09:04:02PM +0100, Sven Schmidt wrote:
>> On 12/20/2016 08:52 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
>> > On Tue, 2016-12-20 at 19:53 +0100, Sven Schmidt wrote:
>> >> This patch updates LZ4 kernel module to LZ4 v1.7.2 by Yann Collet.
>> >> The kernel module is inspired by the previous work by Chanho Min.
>> >> The updated LZ4 module will not break existing code since there were alias
>> >> methods added to ensure backwards compatibility.
>> >
>> >[]
>> >
>> >> diff --git a/include/linux/lz4.h b/include/linux/lz4.h
>> > []
>> >> @@ -1,87 +1,218 @@
>> >>  #ifndef __LZ4_H__
>> >>  #define __LZ4_H__
>> >> +
>> >>  /*
>> >>   * LZ4 Kernel Interface
>> >>   *
>> >> - * Copyright (C) 2013, LG Electronics, Kyungsik Lee <kyungsik.lee@....com>
>> >> + * Copyright (C) 2016, Sven Schmidt <4sschmid@...ormatik.uni-hamburg.de>
>> >
>> > Deleting copyright notices is poor form and shouldn't be done.
>> >
>> > I didn't look at the rest
>> >
>>
>> Thanks Joe for your time. If you would take a look at the rest, you may notice
>> that I changed almost the whole file. That's why I also changed the copyright note.
>> If you think I should keep the original note, I will do that.
>
>You have to, please consult a lawyer if you have questions about
>copyright issues.  Or better yet, there's a free presentation/course
>online about copyright on the linuxfoundation.org website somewhere that
>should answer all of your questions here.  I recommend taking a few
>minutes and going through that.
>
>thanks,
>
>greg k-h
>

Will do, thanks Greg!