On 11/08/09 16:15, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > On Sunday 08 November 2009 16:05:33 Gertjan van Wingerde wrote: >> On 11/08/09 15:48, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: >>> On Sunday 08 November 2009 15:25:58 Ivo van Doorn wrote: >>> >>>>> 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. >>> >>> I think that the original version is correct and also documents new >>> development direction well. >>> >> >> To be honest I believe Ivo is right here. The current "based on" way of documenting copyright does seem to suggest that this list of people does not > > No, it does not: > > Copyright (C) 2009 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz > > Based on the original rt2800pci.c and rt2800usb.c: > > Copyright (C) 2004 - 2009 rt2x00 SourceForge Project > <http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com> > > and it is wasn't my idea to use rt2x00 project for copyrights in > the original code. > > I did not do anything shady here -- this is the standard practice used > in such situations (i.e. libata and I'm pretty sure changes were passed > through Red Hat's lawyers). I wasn't saying you were doing something shady here (or at least I didn't intend to do so). > >> have any copyright claims to the code in rt2800lib.c. This is not true, as the code is pure copies from their code that was previously in rt2800usb and > > The code is not "pure copies" from their code and they didn't have personal > claims on the original code in the first place. > > You are trying to reverse the history now, just keep adding new claims as > new patches from people flow in. I fail to see the real problem with it. > Well, I don't see this a reversing history. We just have been sloppy with the copyright statements in the first place, and I'm trying to correct this. --- Gertjan. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
