linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] clk: qcom: gcc: Add support for Global Clock Controller

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Message-ID: <digzi2kxw3aexslmyx3hspwjptrjm5yd4kzkgz6gg45inadmmr@6zerdpg5njdb>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 22:28:53 -0500
From: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Cc: Pankaj Patil <pankaj.patil@....qualcomm.com>, sboyd@...nel.org, 
	mturquette@...libre.com, robh@...nel.org, krzk+dt@...nel.org, conor+dt@...nel.org, 
	quic_rjendra@...cinc.com, taniya.das@....qualcomm.com, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] clk: qcom: gcc: Add support for Global Clock
 Controller

On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 02:18:19PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 20/07/2025 05:46, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 06:28:15PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >> On 16/07/2025 17:20, Pankaj Patil wrote:
> > [..]
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/clk/qcom/gcc-glymur.c b/drivers/clk/qcom/gcc-glymur.c
> >>> new file mode 100644
> >>> index 000000000000..a1a6da62ed35
> >>> --- /dev/null
> >>> +++ b/drivers/clk/qcom/gcc-glymur.c
> >>> @@ -0,0 +1,8623 @@
> >>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> >>> +/*
> >>> + * Copyright (c) Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
> >>
> >> Missing date.
> >>
> > 
> > Per updated company guidelines we don't want a year here. Please let us
> > know if you have any concerns with this.
> > 
> I remember the guidelines and they were about publishing your code, not
> about contributing to open-source projects. And whatever you have
> internally does not cover us at all. You can have internal guideline
> saying you need to buy me a beer or I need to buy you a beer. Does not
> matter.
> 
> That above copyright statement without date does not adhere to expected
> format. Explanation how this should be written:
> 
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.en.html#copyright-notice
> 
> The GPL-2.0 license in the kernel also uses date:
> 
> "Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>    "
> 
> There is no option without date in the license or GPL faq. I am not a
> lawyer, so no clue whether this is what we want, but I also should not
> be my task to figure out whether different copyright statement is okay
> or not. It's your burden.
> 

It's the guidelines/directives from our lawyers that has been updated to
not include the year. I will bring this back for confirmation.
Thanks for the link.

> Or drop the Copyright statement complete to avoid any questions.
> 

That I don't think we can do for new files.

@Pankaj, please include the year as you resubmit this, until we get
other clarification on how to proceed.

Regards,
Bjorn

> Best regards,
> Krzysztof