linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 17/24] rtc: pm8xxx: add copyright notice

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Message-ID: <f52c832f-0522-5b3e-8267-cb3dc8da5374@linaro.org>
Date:   Fri, 27 Jan 2023 15:14:48 +0100
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
Cc:     Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
        Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@...il.com>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/24] rtc: pm8xxx: add copyright notice

On 27/01/2023 14:04, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 05:06:20PM +0100, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
>> On 26/01/2023 15:20:50+0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
>>> Add a copyright notice for Linaro and add myself as a (primary) author
>>> of this driver.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/rtc/rtc-pm8xxx.c | 7 ++++++-
>>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pm8xxx.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pm8xxx.c
>>> index 09816b9f6282..25bdd804b4d2 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pm8xxx.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pm8xxx.c
>>> @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
>>>  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>>> -/* Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Code Aurora Forum. All rights reserved.
>>> +/*
>>> + * pm8xxx RTC driver
>>> + *
>>> + * Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Code Aurora Forum. All rights reserved.
>>> + * Copyright (c) 2023, Linaro Limited
>>
>> Is this really useful? The authoritative source is going to be git
>> anyway.
> 
> Sure, but in this case the driver ended up being almost completely
> reworked so I think it is warranted.

Copyright update is an effect of rework, not independent, thus it should
be squashed with the code doing the rework. Copyright updates on their
own do not make sense.

Best regards,
Krzysztof