From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bjorn Helgaas Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:45:13 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] ia64: cleanup header comments in mca related files Message-Id: <200801041045.13565.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> List-Id: References: <476B3AF5.7030309@jp.fujitsu.com> In-Reply-To: <476B3AF5.7030309@jp.fujitsu.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Thursday 03 January 2008 02:48:42 pm Luck, Tony wrote: > This looks like a nice cleanup in general (though I'm not really sure > how much we benefit by having e-mail addresses inside <...> style > brackets rather than parentheses :-). I actually like that change, because then I can easily copy & paste it into a mail composer. I wish MAINTAINERS used that same style. > One possible worry is this bit: > * Copyright (C) 2003 Hewlett-Packard Co > - * David Mosberger-Tang > + * Copyright (C) David Mosberger-Tang > > While this is in the same style as all the following entries, David > didn't explicitly claim copyright for himself with the old text, just > for Hewlett-Packard with a following note that he made the change. > You added the "Copyright (C)" against his name, and that doesn't > look like a good thing to do. I agree; I don't think we should change copyright entries. Speaking for myself, as an employee of HP, I think my Linux work is considered a "work made for hire," so HP is considered the legal author for copyright purposes. I include my name only for "blame" purposes :-) Bjorn