From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DD65ECAAD3 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2022 15:42:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229556AbiIKPkU (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Sep 2022 11:40:20 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:51330 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229531AbiIKPkT (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Sep 2022 11:40:19 -0400 Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EE8D312753; Sun, 11 Sep 2022 08:40:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1662910819; x=1694446819; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id: references:mime-version; bh=uma3p/ED+ciS4EU3RIneR8AdmYM1uIjtfF/IZxiZ/RY=; b=Y4ef5OVbUKllQsXxTVKWsvogJymRjPTgQ+cEeM4Uf0CW1Ja8JptjuOvQ EFVA/nALsdiVaA7Wh5RR35OAJjpRcdx1F8ho7tFZW6ogUL86l1UIUaYk4 QgimXrJ+OBZYR9GqrJ+fMWLoXP3CPQPiyy/J2r99rQbvfSV3PIQZ/Onkl QnxhwCIzV0yP9YWPoM0ue7AGKLMFqXgVMiXzdsZZnudZNqi//lNFmNFLY v394whOTS8YcfmBPLZvVrlm5Tl8NRUnwK0mUJGnWRKvB3Tc7Q1v7kvuMT UPJUTCtaMdseWdkVwy34sEXtNuzKTZTAKQ1uX0cxTslXzTijfb/QVoBKU Q==; X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6500,9779,10467"; a="284751532" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.93,307,1654585200"; d="scan'208";a="284751532" Received: from orsmga008.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.65]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 11 Sep 2022 08:40:18 -0700 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.93,307,1654585200"; d="scan'208";a="646162617" Received: from rhweight-wrk1.ra.intel.com ([137.102.106.139]) by orsmga008-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 11 Sep 2022 08:40:18 -0700 Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 08:40:32 -0700 (PDT) From: matthew.gerlach@linux.intel.com X-X-Sender: mgerlach@rhweight-WRK1 To: Greg KH cc: hao.wu@intel.com, yilun.xu@intel.com, russell.h.weight@intel.com, basheer.ahmed.muddebihal@intel.com, trix@redhat.com, mdf@kernel.org, linux-fpga@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tianfei.zhang@intel.com, corbet@lwn.net, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, jirislaby@kernel.org, geert+renesas@glider.be, andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com, niklas.soderlund+renesas@ragnatech.se, phil.edworthy@renesas.com, macro@orcam.me.uk, johan@kernel.org, lukas@wunner.de, Basheer Ahmed Muddebihal Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/5] fpga: dfl: Move the DFH definitions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20220906190426.3139760-1-matthew.gerlach@linux.intel.com> <20220906190426.3139760-3-matthew.gerlach@linux.intel.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.22 (DEB 394 2020-01-19) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fpga@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 7 Sep 2022, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 12:04:23PM -0700, matthew.gerlach@linux.intel.com wrote: >> --- a/drivers/fpga/dfl.h >> +++ b/drivers/fpga/dfl.h >> @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ >> /* >> * Driver Header File for FPGA Device Feature List (DFL) Support >> * >> - * Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Intel Corporation, Inc. >> + * Copyright (C) 2017-2022 Intel Corporation, Inc. > > I'm all for updated proper copyright dates, but in a patch that > _removes_ text from a file does not seem like the proper place for that, > right? Please discuss with your corporate lawyers as to how to do this > properly and when to do it. > > thanks, > > greg k-h > Hi Greg, I discussed how and when to do this properly with my corporate lawyers and confirmed this submission is consistent with their guidelines. You do raise an interesting point, though. If you think this approach is improper, we should probably discuss it, including whether this restriction is already a condition for contributions or whether it should be. It wouldn't be the first difference of opinion on the finer points of copyright law. Best Regards, Matthew Gerlach