Re: [PATCH 2/5] bus: ti-sysc: Add a description and copyrights

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On Mar 28, 2024 at 12:36:22 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 04:49:07PM +0530, Dhruva Gole wrote:
> > On Mar 27, 2024 at 10:15:05 +0200, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > > The ti-sysc driver is missing coprights and description, let's add
> > > those.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/bus/ti-sysc.c | 11 +++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/bus/ti-sysc.c b/drivers/bus/ti-sysc.c
> > > --- a/drivers/bus/ti-sysc.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/bus/ti-sysc.c
> > > @@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
> > >  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > >  /*
> > >   * ti-sysc.c - Texas Instruments sysc interconnect target driver
> > > + *
> > > + * TI SoCs have an interconnect target wrapper IP for many devices. The wrapper
> > > + * IP manages clock gating, resets, and PM capabilities for the connected devices.
> > > + *
> > > + * Copyright (C) 2017-2024 Texas Instruments Incorporated - https://www.ti.com/
> > > + *
> > > + * Many features are based on the earlier omap_hwmod arch code with thanks to all
> > > + * the people who developed and debugged the code over the years:
> > > + *
> > > + * Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Nokia Corporation
> > > + * Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Texas Instruments, Inc.
> > 
> > +Nishant
> > 
> > I am no expert on the copyrights part of it, but who gets copyright from
> > 2012 - 2017?
> 
> If there are no changes in those years, what exactly are you attempting
> to copyright for those years?

Oops, should've checked git log. I think 2017 makes sense then.
However the 2011-2012 copyright format comment still stands.

> 
> Please talk to your corporate copyright lawyers about this.  I'm sure
> there is a class you can take from them to explain all of this.  If not,
> there's a free one online from the Linux Foundation that you might want
> to take instead.

Thanks, will take a look!


-- 
Best regards,
Dhruva Gole <d-gole@xxxxxx>




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