netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/4] batman-adv: Update copyright years for 2021

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Message-ID: <20cbceb3-2910-662b-1751-86ada5d05a4a@infradead.org>
Date:   Wed, 3 Feb 2021 16:37:32 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Simon Wunderlich <sw@...onwunderlich.de>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org,
        Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] batman-adv: Update copyright years for 2021

On 2/3/21 4:35 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue,  2 Feb 2021 18:40:34 +0100 Simon Wunderlich wrote:
>> From: Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@...onwunderlich.de>
>> ---
>>  include/uapi/linux/batadv_packet.h     | 2 +-
>>  include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h        | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/Kconfig                 | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/Makefile                | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/bat_algo.c              | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/bat_algo.h              | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c            | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.h            | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/bat_v.c                 | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/bat_v.h                 | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c             | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.h             | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.c             | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.h             | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/bitarray.c              | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/bitarray.h              | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.h | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.h | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c         | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/fragmentation.h         | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c        | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/gateway_client.h        | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/gateway_common.c        | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/gateway_common.h        | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c        | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/hard-interface.h        | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/hash.c                  | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/hash.h                  | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/log.c                   | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/log.h                   | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/main.c                  | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/main.h                  | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/multicast.c             | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/multicast.h             | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/netlink.c               | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/netlink.h               | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/network-coding.c        | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/network-coding.h        | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/originator.c            | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/originator.h            | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/routing.c               | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/routing.h               | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/send.c                  | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/send.h                  | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c        | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/soft-interface.h        | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c              | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/tp_meter.h              | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/trace.c                 | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/trace.h                 | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/translation-table.c     | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/translation-table.h     | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/tvlv.c                  | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/tvlv.h                  | 2 +-
>>  net/batman-adv/types.h                 | 2 +-
>>  57 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/batadv_packet.h b/include/uapi/linux/batadv_packet.h
>> index 9c8604c5b5f6..67b773ea0ec3 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/batadv_packet.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/batadv_packet.h
>> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>>  /* SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) */
>> -/* Copyright (C) 2007-2020  B.A.T.M.A.N. contributors:
>> +/* Copyright (C) 2007-2021  B.A.T.M.A.N. contributors:
>>   *
>>   * Marek Lindner, Simon Wunderlich
>>   */
> 
> Is this how copyright works? I'm not a layer, but I thought it was
> supposed to reflect changes done to given file in a given year.

I'm not a lawyer either, but that is how we usually do it (as
Jakub describes).

-- 
~Randy