From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753064AbZKHPoS (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Nov 2009 10:44:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750998AbZKHPoR (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Nov 2009 10:44:17 -0500 Received: from mail-ew0-f207.google.com ([209.85.219.207]:50174 "EHLO mail-ew0-f207.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752690AbZKHPoO (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Nov 2009 10:44:14 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition:message-id; b=rXLmvbX/Bk6Xj+YoTTk5gOO7y+rMYEYDQ0lGwl6QASmlMJqSNyzKfnWcUSjB1Jl25U 4K762EZCHSoPGFpHPv6CEEVWtRa5YfA2kzlNsQav2xY6bwqw26C0TyZKc8PCrlk+fLrR btqnft5XeHiSzUsWCQNEvPZJsx67jVohYRuL8= From: Ivo van Doorn To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rt2x00: Update copyright statements. Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:44:14 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 Cc: Gertjan van Wingerde , users@host1.serialmonkey.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1257692976-2036-1-git-send-email-gwingerde@gmail.com> <200911081622.07678.IvDoorn@gmail.com> <200911081626.28320.bzolnier@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200911081626.28320.bzolnier@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200911081644.15257.IvDoorn@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sunday 08 November 2009, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > On Sunday 08 November 2009 16:22:07 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. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Gertjan van Wingerde > > > CC: Ivo van Doorn > > > CC: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz > > > > Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn > > NAK, stop trying to reverse the history. > > Just replace rt2x00 claims with personal ones without moving > "based on" around. There is no need to get upset about this, I already said I would put the decision in your hands. If you feel so strongly about this, then the original version should be used, and the developers in question can move their copyright notice themselves when they submit new patches. Ivo