netdev - Re: [1/1] connector maintainer/mail update.

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Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0907181151i460fbc83t41e0c7de4d5cadc@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:51:38 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [1/1] connector maintainer/mail update.

On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 14:43, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 02:35:55PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 10:25, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:
>> > - * 2004-2005 Copyright (c) Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
>> > + * 2004+ Copyright (c) Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
>>
>> i dont think open-ended copyrights are acceptable.  copyrights arent
>> something that extend forever which is why they need explicit updating
>> (i.e. you'd want 2004-<last year you made a change>).
>
> It can be always replaced back if I will step aside.

copyright doesnt disappear or go away if the maintainer changes.
there's nothing wrong with multiple people claiming copyright on a
file.
-mike
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