[PATCH] net: atheros: nic-devel@qualcomm.com is dead

[PATCH] net: atheros: nic-devel@qualcomm.com is dead

[Johannes Berg]

Remove it from the MODULE_AUTHOR statements referencing it.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c         | 2 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c
index 9e02f8864593..b3d74332ed33 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c
@@ -2016,7 +2016,7 @@ static struct pci_driver alx_driver = {
 module_pci_driver(alx_driver);
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, alx_pci_tbl);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Qualcomm Corporation, <nic-devel@qualcomm.com>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Qualcomm Corporation");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(
 	"Qualcomm Atheros(R) AR816x/AR817x PCI-E Ethernet Network Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
index 1d17c24e6d75..c6263cf8d3c0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id atl1c_pci_tbl[] = {
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, atl1c_pci_tbl);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jie Yang");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Qualcomm Atheros Inc., <nic-devel@qualcomm.com>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Qualcomm Atheros Inc.");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Qualcomm Atheros 100/1000M Ethernet Network Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
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Re: [PATCH] net: atheros: nic-devel@qualcomm.com is dead

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 14:11:42 +0200 Johannes Berg wrote:
> Remove it from the MODULE_AUTHOR statements referencing it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>

FWIW I subscribe to the belief that corporations can't be authors,
so I'd personally opt to remove these MODULE_AUTHOR()s completely.
They serve no purpose, strange legal aberrations aside, corporations
are not persons and not being sentient can't take pride in their work. 

This is not a MODULE_COPYRIGHT() macro. In the legal tradition I grew
up in the authorship rights are inalienable and we should not encourage
acting otherwise.

Re: [PATCH] net: atheros: nic-devel@qualcomm.com is dead

[Leon Romanovsky]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 10:34:54AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 14:11:42 +0200 Johannes Berg wrote:
> > Remove it from the MODULE_AUTHOR statements referencing it.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
> 
> FWIW I subscribe to the belief that corporations can't be authors,
> so I'd personally opt to remove these MODULE_AUTHOR()s completely.
> They serve no purpose, strange legal aberrations aside, corporations
> are not persons and not being sentient can't take pride in their work. 

+1, this cargo cult should die.

Thanks

Re: [PATCH] net: atheros: nic-devel@qualcomm.com is dead

[patchwork-bot+netdevbpf]

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (refs/heads/master):

On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 14:11:42 +0200 you wrote:
> Remove it from the MODULE_AUTHOR statements referencing it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c         | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Here is the summary with links:
  - net: atheros: nic-devel@qualcomm.com is dead
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/a57d3d48366b

You are awesome, thank you!
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