Re: [PATCH v1 2/5] fpga: dfl: Move the DFH definitions

Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-09-11T17:54:34Z

Hi Matthew,

On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 5:40 PM <matthew.gerlach@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Sep 2022, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 12:04:23PM -0700, matthew.gerlach@linux.intel.com wrote:
> >> --- a/drivers/fpga/dfl.h
> >> +++ b/drivers/fpga/dfl.h
> >> @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
> >> /*
> >> * Driver Header File for FPGA Device Feature List (DFL) Support
> >> *
> >> - * Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Intel Corporation, Inc.
> >> + * Copyright (C) 2017-2022 Intel Corporation, Inc.
> >
> > I'm all for updated proper copyright dates, but in a patch that
> > _removes_ text from a file does not seem like the proper place for that,
> > right? Please discuss with your corporate lawyers as to how to do this
> > properly and when to do it.

> I discussed how and when to do this properly with my corporate lawyers and
> confirmed this submission is consistent with their guidelines.
>
> You do raise an interesting point, though. If you think this approach is
> improper, we should probably discuss it, including whether this
> restriction is already a condition for contributions or whether it should
> be. It wouldn't be the first difference of opinion on the finer points of
> copyright law.

So each time code is removed from a file, its copyright year should
be updated? Eventually, we may end up with an empty file which
is copyrighted <this_year>? Do you think that makes sense?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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