From: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com>
To: Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@gmail.com>
Cc: users@rt2x00.serialmonkey.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] rt2x00: Update copyright statements.
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:42:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AF6D8CB.5090302@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200911081525.58809.IvDoorn@gmail.com>
On 11/08/09 15:25, Ivo van Doorn wrote:
> On Sunday 08 November 2009, Gertjan van Wingerde wrote:
>> As mentioned on the linux-wireless mailing list, the current copyright statements in the rt2x00 are
>> meaningless, as the rt2x00 project is not even a formal legal entity. Therefore it is better to replace
>> the existing copyright statements with copyright statements for the people that actually wrote the code.
>>
>> Note: Updated to the best of my knowledge with respect to who contributed considerable amounts of code.
>
> ...
>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/Kconfig
>> index b0f4a2f..5322852 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/Kconfig
>> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ config RT2800PCI_SOC
>>
>> config RT2800PCI
>> tristate "Ralink rt2800 (PCI/PCMCIA) support (BROKEN)"
>> - depends on (RT2800PCI_PCI || RT2800PCI_SOC) && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN
>> + depends on (RT2800PCI_PCI || RT2800PCI_SOC) && EXPERIMENTAL
>> select RT2800_LIB
>> select RT2X00_LIB_PCI if RT2800PCI_PCI
>> select RT2X00_LIB_SOC if RT2800PCI_SOC
>
> You can omit this part of your patch. ;)
Ouch. I really messed this one up :-(
>
>> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>> 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@gmail.com>
>> + Copyright (C) 2009 Alban Browaeys <prahal@yahoo.com>
>> + Copyright (C) 2009 Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
>> + Copyright (C) 2009 Luis Correia <luis.f.correia@gmail.com>
>> + Copyright (C) 2009 Mattias Nissler <mattias.nissler@gmx.de>
>> + Copyright (C) 2009 Mark Asselstine <asselsm@gmail.com>
>> + Copyright (C) 2009 Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>
>> <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@gmail.com>
> Copyright (C) 2009 Alban Browaeys <prahal@yahoo.com>
> Copyright (C) 2009 Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
> Copyright (C) 2009 Luis Correia <luis.f.correia@gmail.com>
> Copyright (C) 2009 Mattias Nissler <mattias.nissler@gmx.de>
> Copyright (C) 2009 Mark Asselstine <asselsm@gmail.com>
> Copyright (C) 2009 Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>
>
> 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.
>
> For the the remaining part:
>
> Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
>
OK. I'll do the change in rt2800lib as well and resubmit.
---
Gertjan.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-08 14:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-08 14:18 [PATCH 7/7] rt2x00: Update copyright statements Gertjan van Wingerde
2009-11-08 14:24 ` Gertjan van Wingerde
2009-11-08 14:25 ` Ivo van Doorn
2009-11-08 14:42 ` Gertjan van Wingerde [this message]
2009-11-08 14:48 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-11-08 14:54 ` Ivo van Doorn
2009-11-08 14:58 ` [rt2x00-users] " Luis Correia
2009-11-08 15:05 ` Gertjan van Wingerde
2009-11-08 15:15 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-11-08 15:27 ` Gertjan van Wingerde
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