linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] maple_tree: Update copyright dates for test code

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Date:   Wed, 26 Oct 2022 05:43:14 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@...cle.com>,
        "maple-tree@...ts.infradead.org" <maple-tree@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] maple_tree: Update copyright dates for test code

On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 22:15 +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 01:40:19PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Copyright reassignment not specified in commit message.
> 
> It's not copyright reassignment.  Liam has been an employee of Oracle
> for the entire duration.  It is fixing the copyright notice to be correct.

Perhaps.

But it would definitely be better if the subject and message matched
the change.

All the suggested commit subject and message states is

> maple_tree: Update copyright dates for test code

and

> Add the span to the year of the development.

The patch itself does not do that.

On its face, it's reassigning copyright, not suggesting the original
copyright owner was in error.