Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: s/SeongJae/SJ/

[SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>]

On Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:42:30 +0000 sashiko-bot@kernel.org wrote:

> Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
> - [Medium] Unjustified removal of third-party corporate copyright notices.
> --
> 
> commit 01dda7537f36dfeb49164318c8fee42788b1510a
> Author: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
> 
> MAINTAINERS: s/SeongJae/SJ/
> 
> This patch updates the author's preferred name across the DAMON subsystem,
> including sysfs documentation, source files, and MAINTAINERS. It also removes
> copyright notes from these files, stating that they can be confusing.
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> > diff --git a/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h b/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
> > index 1cfb8c176b873..fcf7c7fadb5fe 100644
> > --- a/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
> > +++ b/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
> > @@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
> >  /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> >  /*
> >   * Data Access Monitor Unit Tests
> > - *
> > - * Copyright 2019 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
> 
> [Severity: Medium]
> Is it okay to remove third-party corporate copyright notices like this?
> 
> While the commit message mentions removing copyright notes because they can
> be confusing, removing another entity's copyright (Amazon.com, Inc.)
> without explicit sign-off or authorization might violate standard kernel
> legal practices and risk copyright disputes.
> 
> Should these specific notices be retained unless there is explicit
> authorization from the copyright holder?

I'll reconsider if a human raises a concern.

> 
> > - *
> > - * Author: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
> >   */
> >  
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_DAMON_KUNIT_TEST
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> > diff --git a/mm/damon/tests/vaddr-kunit.h b/mm/damon/tests/vaddr-kunit.h
> > index 563fbc7e3f448..61f844336ffb5 100644
> > --- a/mm/damon/tests/vaddr-kunit.h
> > +++ b/mm/damon/tests/vaddr-kunit.h
> > @@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
> >  /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> >  /*
> >   * Data Access Monitor Unit Tests
> > - *
> > - * Copyright 2019 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
> 
> [Severity: Medium]
> Does the same third-party copyright removal concern apply to this file
> as well?

Ditto.


Thanks,
SJ

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