On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 05:07:14PM +0200, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 05:51:29PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 10:23:38AM +0200, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 01:42:20PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote: > > > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/usb251xb.c b/drivers/usb/misc/usb251xb.c > > > > index 71994b883..c2dd9742f 100644 > > > > --- a/drivers/usb/misc/usb251xb.c > > > > +++ b/drivers/usb/misc/usb251xb.c > > > > @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ > > > > * Configuration via SMBus. > > > > * > > > > * Copyright (c) 2017 SKIDATA AG > > > > + * Copyright (c) 2017 T-platforms > > > > > > Again, no, please consult with your corporate lawyers why this isn't ok. > > > > > > greg k-h > > > > I still can't see why this isn't right. We submitted the patchset. It is not > > that big and still it isn't just two lines. As I've seen all over the kernel, It is > > a common practice to have multiple copyrights in kernel files. We are not claiming > > the copyright to the whole file, but to the contribution only. I got a consent to > > contribute when I was employed by the company. What's wrong with that? Shall I > > send the patchset from my corporate e-mail then? > > Well, yes, I need some way to properly identify that this corporation > did do the changes. I said that before, I don't know why you ignored > that. > > And yes, multiple copyrights are just fine, but again, please talk to > your corporate lawyer about why these changes don't seem to warrant that > "mark". If they do think that they do warrant that, great, I will be > glad to discuss that with them, off-list if needed. > > For even more fun, try discussing with your lawyers about why copyright > marks like this don't even mean anything anymore, and haven't for 20+ > years now (can't remember the actual date...) But that's a different > topic, and one not really relevant here. > > thanks, > > greg k-h Alright then. We'll remove the Copyright mark and I'll resend the patchset from my corporate e-mail. Hope it will solve this issue. Could you review the rest of the patchset? Regards, -Sergey -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
