linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 06/20] thermal: exynos: Rename Samsung and Exynos to lowercase

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Message-ID: <7a61f167-07be-f60d-ec8e-cca171caeb94@linaro.org>
Date:   Thu, 9 Jan 2020 12:45:21 +0100
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@...durent.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/20] thermal: exynos: Rename Samsung and Exynos to
 lowercase

On 04/01/2020 16:20, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Fix up inconsistent usage of upper and lowercase letters in "Samsung"
> and "Exynos" names.
> 
> "SAMSUNG" and "EXYNOS" are not abbreviations but regular trademarked
> names.  Therefore they should be written with lowercase letters starting
> with capital letter.
> 
> The lowercase "Exynos" name is promoted by its manufacturer Samsung
> Electronics Co., Ltd., in advertisement materials and on website.
> 
> 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.



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