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Re: [PATCH 7/7] rt2x00: Update copyright statements.

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On Sunday 08 November 2009, Gertjan van Wingerde wrote:
> As mentioned on the linux-wireless mailing list, the current copyright statements in the rt2x00 are
> meaningless, as the rt2x00 project is not even a formal legal entity. Therefore it is better to replace
> the existing copyright statements with copyright statements for the people that actually wrote the code.
> 
> Note: Updated to the best of my knowledge with respect to who contributed considerable amounts of code.

...

> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/Kconfig
> index b0f4a2f..5322852 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/Kconfig
> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ config RT2800PCI_SOC
>  
>  config RT2800PCI
>  	tristate "Ralink rt2800 (PCI/PCMCIA) support (BROKEN)"
> -	depends on (RT2800PCI_PCI || RT2800PCI_SOC) && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN
> +	depends on (RT2800PCI_PCI || RT2800PCI_SOC) && EXPERIMENTAL
>  	select RT2800_LIB
>  	select RT2X00_LIB_PCI if RT2800PCI_PCI
>  	select RT2X00_LIB_SOC if RT2800PCI_SOC

You can omit this part of your patch. ;)

>  	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
> index 5c7d74a..3207b83 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
> @@ -3,7 +3,13 @@
>  
>  	Based on the original rt2800pci.c and rt2800usb.c:
>  
> -	  Copyright (C) 2004 - 2009 rt2x00 SourceForge Project
> +	  Copyright (C) 2009 Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@xxxxxxxxx>
> +	  Copyright (C) 2009 Alban Browaeys <prahal@xxxxxxxxx>
> +	  Copyright (C) 2009 Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> +	  Copyright (C) 2009 Luis Correia <luis.f.correia@xxxxxxxxx>
> +	  Copyright (C) 2009 Mattias Nissler <mattias.nissler@xxxxxx>
> +	  Copyright (C) 2009 Mark Asselstine <asselsm@xxxxxxxxx>
> +	  Copyright (C) 2009 Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@xxxxxxxxx>
>  	  <http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com>
>  
>  	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

If Bartlomiej has no objections, we could just update the statements for rt2800lib.c/rt2800lib.h
to something similar as rt2800.h:

/*
	Copyright (C) 2009 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
	Copyright (C) 2009 Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@xxxxxxxxx>
	Copyright (C) 2009 Alban Browaeys <prahal@xxxxxxxxx>
	Copyright (C) 2009 Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
	Copyright (C) 2009 Luis Correia <luis.f.correia@xxxxxxxxx>
	Copyright (C) 2009 Mattias Nissler <mattias.nissler@xxxxxx>
	Copyright (C) 2009 Mark Asselstine <asselsm@xxxxxxxxx>
	Copyright (C) 2009 Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@xxxxxxxxx>

	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
....

because not sure if we need the seperate "based on" comment.. But I'll let Bartlomiej
decide on this one.

For the the remaining part:

Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@xxxxxxxxx>

Ivo
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