linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 19/20] net: ethernet: sxgbe: Rename Samsung to lowercase

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Message-Id: <20200106.133328.353889817169904583.davem@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 06 Jan 2020 13:33:28 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...hat.com>
To:     krzk@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bh74.an@...sung.com,
        ks.giri@...sung.com, vipul.pandya@...sung.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        allison@...utok.net, andrew@...n.ch, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 19/20] net: ethernet: sxgbe: Rename Samsung to
 lowercase

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Date: Sat,  4 Jan 2020 16:21:06 +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.