Never mind the copyright notice I was just trying to follow procedures... And apparently that was not one of them... :-) Jarl 2012/9/19 Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On 09/19/2012 08:54 PM, Jarl Friis wrote: >>> >>> Is the addition of your copyright to the driver >>> >warranted by this change? >> >> As far as I understand the copyright law: Yes, but I'm not an expert. >> Neither am I 100% sure what you mean. > > > You add your name to the copy notice of the file so you claim it for the > entire file. > > >>> >For example, I have made much larger contributions >>> >to b43 over the years before I started doing reverse-engineering on this >>> >driver, but I never added my copyright. >> >> I suggest you do. > > > Typically, the names you see there are and/or were b43 maintainers. > > >>> >Your "Signed-off-by" implies >>> >copyright for the patch. >> >> The fact that I authored the patch implies copyright (even without >> Signed-off-by) >> >> Jarl > > > You can indeed claim it for your patch, but I think not beyond that. But I > am no lawyer either so .....pffff. > > Gr. AvS > -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Rådhustorvet 7, 2. 3520 Farum LinkedIn: http://dk.linkedin.com/in/jarlfriis -- 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
