linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] reset: hi6220: Use the correct HiSilicon copyright

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Message-ID: <9027c4693dd9377d15109ff590a283d4d06595ef.camel@pengutronix.de>
Date:   Mon, 17 May 2021 09:56:19 +0200
From:   Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
To:     "fanghao (A)" <fanghao11@...wei.com>
Cc:     puck.chen@...ilicon.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        prime.zeng@...ilicon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] reset: hi6220: Use the correct HiSilicon copyright

Hi Hao,

On Thu, 2021-05-13 at 10:35 +0800, fanghao (A) wrote:
[...]
> diff --git a/drivers/reset/hisilicon/hi6220_reset.c b/drivers/reset/hisilicon/hi6220_reset.c
> > > index 1992650..5ca145b 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/reset/hisilicon/hi6220_reset.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/reset/hisilicon/hi6220_reset.c
> > > @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
> > >   * Hisilicon Hi6220 reset controller driver
> > 
> > Why leave this "Hisilicon" alone?
> 
> HiSilicon has applied for two trademarks Hisilicon/HiSilicon, so I
> think this one is OK. But there is only one English name for the
> company,
> We have consulted with company's lawyer who suggested that should use
> a copyright statement consistent with the official website.

Ok, got it, thank you.

> > >   *
> > >   * Copyright (c) 2016 Linaro Limited.
> > > - * Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Hisilicon Limited.
> > > + * Copyright (c) 2015-2016 HiSilicon Limited.
> > >   *
> > >   * Author: Feng Chen <puck.chen@...ilicon.com>
> > >   */
> > 
> > That will be a lot of churn:
> > 
> >   git grep Copyright.*Hisilicon | wc -l
> >   141
> > 
> >   git grep Hisilicon | wc -l
> >   371
> 
> As mentioned above, I am focused on correcting the copyright.
> 5.13-rc1 has been released and I will continue to clean the rest by
> make one patch per subsystem.
> 
> Should I resend this based on 5.13-rc1?

Not necessary, the patch still applies.

> > Could I get an Acked-by from someone at HiSilicon for this?
> 
> Maybe I could remind the author.

That's ok, they are in Cc:.
I'll apply this to reset/next.

regards
Philipp