linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 18/19] net: ethernet: sxgbe: Rename Samsung to lowercase

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Date:   Sun, 05 Jan 2020 14:49:07 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     krzk@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bh74.an@...sung.com,
        ks.giri@...sung.com, vipul.pandya@...sung.com, andrew@...n.ch,
        kstewart@...uxfoundation.org, info@...ux.net,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 18/19] net: ethernet: sxgbe: Rename Samsung to lowercase

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Date: Fri,  3 Jan 2020 18:11:30 +0100

> Fix up inconsistent usage of upper and lowercase letters in "Samsung"
> name.
> 
> "SAMSUNG" is not an abbreviation but a regular trademarked name.
> Therefore it should be written with lowercase letters starting with
> capital letter.
> 
> Although advertisement materials usually use uppercase "SAMSUNG", the
> lowercase version is used in all legal aspects (e.g. on Wikipedia and in
> privacy/legal statements on
> https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/privacy-global/).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>

Applied, thanks.