From: "fanghao (A)" <fanghao11@huawei.com>
To: <jejb@linux.ibm.com>, <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
<john.garry@huawei.com>
Cc: <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<prime.zeng@hisilicon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: hisi_sas: Use the correct HiSilicon copyright
Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 21:52:03 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <524a6457-260f-e11c-1090-7c1ed839bf0a@huawei.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <02ff5bb3aa4894cd8ef2b0ca9d66f4c6ba34278b.camel@linux.ibm.com>
On 2021/5/22 22:56, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Sat, 2021-05-22 at 18:24 +0800, Hao Fang wrote:
>> s/Hisilicon/HiSilicon/.
>> It should use capital S, according to the official website
>> https://www.hisilicon.com/en.
>
> You can't do this. The strict terms of the GPL require us to preserve
> intact all notices referring to copyright and licences. If hisilicon
> truly did make a mistake when they added their original copyright
> notices, *they* may submit a patch to correct it, but you can't correct
> it for them without their permission just because you think they got it
> wrong.
>
John, can you help to review this patch and add an Acked-by? Or you can resubmit it.
Thanks.
Hao
>
>
>
> .
>
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-22 10:24 [PATCH] scsi: hisi_sas: Use the correct HiSilicon copyright Hao Fang
2021-05-22 14:56 ` James Bottomley
2021-05-24 13:52 ` fanghao (A) [this message]
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