On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 9:04 AM Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 08:38:54AM +0100, Jinpu Wang wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 8:36 AM Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 03:27:55PM +0100, Danil Kipnis wrote: > > > > Hi Leon, > > > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 11:15 AM Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps it is normal practice to write half a company as authors, > > > > > and I'm wrong in the following, but code authorship is determined by > > > > > multiple tags in the commit messages. > > > > > > > > Different developers contributed to the driver over the last several > > > > years. Currently they are not working any more on this code. What tags > > > > in the commit message do you think would be appropriate to give those > > > > people credit for their work? > > > > > > Signed-of-by/Co-developed-../e.t.c > > > > > > But honestly without looking in your company contract, I'm pretty sure > > > that those people are not eligible for special authorship rights and > > > credits beyond already payed by the employer. > > > > > Hi, Leon, > > > > Thanks for the suggestion, how about only remove the authors for the > > new entry, only keep the company copyright? > > > +/* Copyright (c) 2019 1&1 IONOS SE. All rights reserved. > > > + * Authors: Jack Wang <jinpu.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > + * Danil Kipnis <danil.kipnis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > + * Guoqing Jiang <guoqing.jiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > + * Lutz Pogrell <lutz.pogrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > + */ > > > > The older entries were there, I think it's not polite to remove them. > > From our point of view, this is brand new code and it doesn't matter how > many internal iterations you had prior submission. If you want to be > polite, your company shall issue official press release and mention > all those names there as main contributors for RTRS success. > > You can find a lot of examples of "Authors:" in the kernel code, but > they one of two: code from pre-git era or copy/paste multiplied by > cargo cult. > > Thanks > Ok, will only keep the copyright lines, and remove Authors. Thanks