Re: [PATCH 1/1 V2] rtc: Add real-time clock driver for Tegra.

From: Erik Gilling
Date: Fri Oct 15 2010 - 18:56:16 EST


On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 03:12:47PM -0700, Erik Gilling wrote:
>> > --- /dev/null
>> > +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-tegra.c
>> > @@ -0,0 +1,509 @@
>> > +/*
>> > + * An RTC driver for the NVIDIA Tegra 200 series internal RTC.
>> > + *
>> > + * Copyright (c) 2010, NVIDIA Corporation.
>> > + * Copyright (c) 2010 Jon Mayo <jmayo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> This is kinda odd.  Usually when doing work on behalf of the company
>> you work for, the code is (c) the company.  Consider changing Jon's
>> line to "Author: Jon Mayo <jmayo@xxxxxxxxxx>"
>
> Woah, are you sure?  Some companies, and countries, allow/require dual
> copyright.  The only one who can change this for sure is Jon, not anyone
> else.

I stand corrected. However, I have yet to see a Tegra patch from
nvidia that lists any author name, copyright or no. Jon, can you
clarify?

-Erik
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