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From: David Brown <davidb@codeaurora.org>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Tatyana Brokhman <tlinder@codeaurora.org>,
	gregkh@suse.de, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org,
	David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/1] usb: Adding SuperSpeed support to dummy_hcd
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:12:24 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101118001224.GA19942@huya.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101117213535.GD10541@kroah.com>

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 01:35:35PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:

> Does your lawyers agree that this is correct to add based on the size of
> the file?  Hint, it doesn't pass the rule that some lawyers I work with
> go by, so I would be surprised that it passes theirs.

The guideline I've been giving people is to not add a Code Aurora
copyright unless we change a very significant portion of the file.

> Also, I didn't think that "Code Aurora Forum" was a "real" legal entity
> last time I looked, so how can it own copyrights?  Who is the "real"
> owner here?  (hint, who does your lawyers work for...)

The copyrights are assigned to the Code Aurora Forum.

David

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-11-18  0:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-16 14:08 [PATCH v5 1/1] usb: Adding SuperSpeed support to dummy_hcd Tatyana Brokhman
2010-11-17 21:35 ` Greg KH
2010-11-17 23:59   ` Daniel Walker
2010-11-18  1:23     ` Greg KH
2010-11-19 22:29       ` Bryan Huntsman
2010-11-20  0:18         ` Greg KH
2010-11-18  0:12   ` David Brown [this message]
2010-11-18  1:24     ` Greg KH
2010-11-18 11:01   ` Tanya Brokhman
2010-11-18 14:51     ` Greg KH

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