Deepak Rawat <drawat.floss@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, 2021-02-17 at 13:07 +0100, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote: >> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/hyperv/hyperv_drm.h >> > @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ >> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */ >> > +/* >> > + * Copyright 2012-2021 Microsoft >> >> Out of pure curiosity, where does '2012' come from or what does it >> mean? >> > > Thanks Vitaly for the review. Actually some of the code is derived from > hyperv_fb, which has copyright 2012. Not sure if I should remove here > or not? > I'm definitely not an expert (and couldn't quickly find a good reference) here but I was under the impression that in such cases you can just add a note like "based on 'hyperv_fb' driver" (if really needed, if you just borrow a few things then it's even superfluous I believe). Anyway, I was just a bit surprised to see '2012' in a new file :-) -- Vitaly
