Re: [PATCH] reset: hi6220: Use the correct HiSilicon copyright

From: Philipp Zabel
Date: Mon May 17 2021 - 03:56:27 EST


Hi Hao,

On Thu, 2021-05-13 at 10:35 +0800, fanghao (A) wrote:
[...]
> diff --git a/drivers/reset/hisilicon/hi6220_reset.c b/drivers/reset/hisilicon/hi6220_reset.c
> > > index 1992650..5ca145b 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/reset/hisilicon/hi6220_reset.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/reset/hisilicon/hi6220_reset.c
> > > @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
> > > * Hisilicon Hi6220 reset controller driver
> >
> > Why leave this "Hisilicon" alone?
>
> HiSilicon has applied for two trademarks Hisilicon/HiSilicon, so I
> think this one is OK. But there is only one English name for the
> company,
> We have consulted with company's lawyer who suggested that should use
> a copyright statement consistent with the official website.

Ok, got it, thank you.

> > > *
> > > * Copyright (c) 2016 Linaro Limited.
> > > - * Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Hisilicon Limited.
> > > + * Copyright (c) 2015-2016 HiSilicon Limited.
> > > *
> > > * Author: Feng Chen <puck.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > */
> >
> > That will be a lot of churn:
> >
> > git grep Copyright.*Hisilicon | wc -l
> > 141
> >
> > git grep Hisilicon | wc -l
> > 371
>
> As mentioned above, I am focused on correcting the copyright.
> 5.13-rc1 has been released and I will continue to clean the rest by
> make one patch per subsystem.
>
> Should I resend this based on 5.13-rc1?

Not necessary, the patch still applies.

> > Could I get an Acked-by from someone at HiSilicon for this?
>
> Maybe I could remind the author.

That's ok, they are in Cc:.
I'll apply this to reset/next.

regards
Philipp