From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E229FA373E for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:41:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230397AbiJYUlM convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Oct 2022 16:41:12 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:41634 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232976AbiJYUkw (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Oct 2022 16:40:52 -0400 Received: from relay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0013.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.13]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 10F4565FA for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:40:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from omf18.hostedemail.com (a10.router.float.18 [10.200.18.1]) by unirelay08.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A7AA140843; Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:40:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [HIDDEN] (Authenticated sender: joe@perches.com) by omf18.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 0E4872E; Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:40:04 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <870346348d7c70f3d2e72a3f1abbb216f19cfb89.camel@perches.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] maple_tree: Update copyright dates for test code From: Joe Perches To: Liam Howlett Cc: "maple-tree@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-mm@kvack.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Andrew Morton Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:40:19 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20221025202305.pyzau7vzvkizqbir@revolver> References: <20221025173709.2718725-1-Liam.Howlett@oracle.com> <8d8a291b5237750827d6847b29efde5b750a28f7.camel@perches.com> <20221025202305.pyzau7vzvkizqbir@revolver> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT User-Agent: Evolution 3.44.4 (3.44.4-2.fc36) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Stat-Signature: 1c8tkkoj6qoci163my3wdu9puwomyez7 X-Rspamd-Server: rspamout08 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 0E4872E X-Session-Marker: 6A6F6540706572636865732E636F6D X-Session-ID: U2FsdGVkX1+8eeXnOhGHkDyW6tnSPVg6SbBSEeAicPM= X-HE-Tag: 1666730404-425776 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 20:23 +0000, Liam Howlett wrote: > * Joe Perches [221025 14:06]: > > On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 17:37 +0000, Liam Howlett wrote: > > > Add the span to the year of the development. [] > > > diff --git a/tools/testing/radix-tree/maple.c b/tools/testing/radix-tree/maple.c [] > > > @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ > > > // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ > > > /* > > > - * maple_tree.c: Userspace shim for maple tree test-suite > > > - * Copyright (c) 2018 Liam R. Howlett > > > + * maple_tree.c: Userspace testing for maple tree test-suite > > > + * Copyright (c) 2018-2022 Oracle Corporation > > > + * Author: Liam R. Howlett > > > > Confused here. Who owns the copyright from 2018? > > 2018 should have also been oracle on this file. Note the email > address. Noted. It shows you as the copyright holder not Oracle Corp. You are reassigning copyright yet the commit message merely shows additional "span". > > And what happened from 2019 through 2021 ? When work on a object does not occur during a year, it should not be included in a copyright "span". > Development continued which is why I wanted to extend the date to a > range. I also presented the maple tree and spoke to a lot of people > about it. Also a pandemic, I hear. Not a reason for copyright changes, but whatever... > > $ git log --stat -p -1 54a611b605901c7d5d05b6b8f5d04a6ceb0962aa | grep -i copyright > > + * Copyright (c) 2018-2022 Oracle > > + * Copyright (c) 2018-2022 Oracle Corporation > > + * Copyright (c) 2018 Liam R. Howlett > > Right, this is what I am correcting. I'm not sure what you are getting > at here. Just inconsistency. First shows only Oracle, second is Oracle Corporation. > Did I do something incorrect with trying to fix my mistake? Copyright reassignment not specified in commit message. cheers, Joe