Re: [PATCH RESEND v6 6/8] mfd: hi6421-spmi-pmic: move driver from staging

From: Johan Hovold
Date: Thu Jun 24 2021 - 10:26:02 EST


On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 03:08:00PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2021, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
>
> > Em Thu, 24 Jun 2021 12:33:28 +0100
> > Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:

> > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > +++ b/drivers/mfd/hi6421-spmi-pmic.c
> > > > @@ -0,0 +1,316 @@
> > > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * Device driver for regulators in HISI PMIC IC
> > > > + *
> > > > + * Copyright (c) 2013 Linaro Ltd.
> > > > + * Copyright (c) 2011 Hisilicon.
> > > > + * Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
> > >
> > > Can this be updated?
> >
> > Do you mean updating the copyrights to cover this year? E.g.
> > something like this:
> >
> > * Copyright (c) 2013-2021 Linaro Ltd.
> > * Copyright (c) 2011-2021 Hisilicon.
> > * Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
> >
> > Right? Or are you meaning something else?
>
> Yes, that's it. I know this is just a move, but to MFD, it's new.

That's not how copyright works. Unless Linaro and Hisilicon made
nontrivial changes every year from 2011/2013 to 2021 you should not
change those lines like this.

Johan