netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Update module author

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Message-Id: <ca0058c6-ef92-da31-a4e9-50d4e930ed72@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Thu, 1 Jun 2017 10:53:13 -0500
From:   Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        jallen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Update module author

On 05/31/2017 04:12 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 15:35:31 -0500
>
>> Update the module author to be one of the original co-maintainers
>> of the driver. The original author left the project long ago and
>> so far has not responded to emails sent to the listed address.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: John Allen <jallen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> It's MODULE_AUTHOR not MODULE_MAINTAINER.
>
Would it be better to include a second or more authors and/or remove the original author's mailing address, which isn't valid anymore?  How should this be handled?