On Thursday 03 January 2008 02:48:42 pm Luck, Tony wrote: > This looks like a nice cleanup in general (though I'm not really sure > how much we benefit by having e-mail addresses inside <...> style > brackets rather than parentheses :-). I actually like that change, because then I can easily copy & paste it into a mail composer. I wish MAINTAINERS used that same style. > One possible worry is this bit: > * Copyright (C) 2003 Hewlett-Packard Co > - * David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@xxxxxxxxxx> > + * Copyright (C) David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@xxxxxxxxxx> > > While this is in the same style as all the following entries, David > didn't explicitly claim copyright for himself with the old text, just > for Hewlett-Packard with a following note that he made the change. > You added the "Copyright (C)" against his name, and that doesn't > look like a good thing to do. I agree; I don't think we should change copyright entries. Speaking for myself, as an employee of HP, I think my Linux work is considered a "work made for hire," so HP is considered the legal author for copyright purposes. I include my name only for "blame" purposes :-) Bjorn - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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