Re: [PATCH] maple_tree: Update copyright dates for test code

[Liam Howlett]

* Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> [221025 14:06]:
> On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 17:37 +0000, Liam Howlett wrote:
> > Add the span to the year of the development.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  tools/testing/radix-tree/maple.c | 5 +++--
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/radix-tree/maple.c b/tools/testing/radix-tree/maple.c
> > index 35082671928a..3620c9e5f7c5 100644
> > --- a/tools/testing/radix-tree/maple.c
> > +++ b/tools/testing/radix-tree/maple.c
> > @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
> >  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> >  /*
> > - * maple_tree.c: Userspace shim for maple tree test-suite
> > - * Copyright (c) 2018 Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > + * maple_tree.c: Userspace testing for maple tree test-suite
> > + * Copyright (c) 2018-2022 Oracle Corporation
> > + * Author: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Confused here.  Who owns the copyright from 2018?

2018 should have also been oracle on this file.  Note the email
address.

> 
> And what happened from 2019 through 2021 ?

Development continued which is why I wanted to extend the date to a
range.  I also presented the maple tree and spoke to a lot of people
about it.  Also a pandemic, I hear.

> 
> $ git log --stat -p -1 54a611b605901c7d5d05b6b8f5d04a6ceb0962aa | grep -i copyright
> + * Copyright (c) 2018-2022 Oracle
> + * Copyright (c) 2018-2022 Oracle Corporation
> + * Copyright (c) 2018 Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 

Right, this is what I am correcting.  I'm not sure what you are getting
at here.  Did I do something incorrect with trying to fix my mistake?

Thanks,
Liam