Re: [PATCH v8 04/12] staging: hi6421-spmi-pmic: update copyright's year

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 09:45:56AM +0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Update the copyright to reflect the current year.
> 
> Suggested-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/hikey9xx/hi6421-spmi-pmic.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/hikey9xx/hi6421-spmi-pmic.c b/drivers/staging/hikey9xx/hi6421-spmi-pmic.c
> index 626140cb96f2..29ac53684ad2 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/hikey9xx/hi6421-spmi-pmic.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/hikey9xx/hi6421-spmi-pmic.c
> @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
>  /*
>   * Device driver for regulators in HISI PMIC IC
>   *
> - * Copyright (c) 2013 Linaro Ltd.
> - * Copyright (c) 2011 Hisilicon.
> + * Copyright (c) 2013-2021 Linaro Ltd.

I see no record of Linaro touching this every year from 2013-2021.
Where was that record?  I would feel more comfortable taking such a
change from a Linaro developer, not anyone else.

> + * Copyright (c) 2011-2021 HiSilicon Technologies Co., Ltd.

Same here, it was modified for 10 years continuously?  Where?

thanks,

greg k-h