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From: Daniel Stone <daniel@fooishbar.org>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/49] DRM driver for Hikey 970
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:31:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPj87rNkqp0hDEv63jhJsMzsQ0qMLucjWE4KVByCFoMRrnfUKA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200825133025.13f047f0@coco.lan>

Hi Mauro,

On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 at 12:30, Mauro Carvalho Chehab
<mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> wrote:
> Sorry, but I can't agree that review is more important than to be able
> to properly indicate copyrights in a valid way at the legal systems that
> it would apply ;-)

The way to properly indicate copyright coverage is to insert a
copyright statement in the file. This has been the accepted way of
communicating copyright notices since approximately the dawn of time.
The value of the 'author' field within a chain of git commits does not
have privileged legal value.

If what you were saying is true, it would be impossible for any
project to copy code from any other project, unless they did git
filter-branch and made sure to follow renames too. As others have
noted, it would also be impossible for any patches to be developed
collaboratively by different copyright holders, or for maintainers to
apply changes.

This is accepted community practice and has passed signoffs from a
million different lawyers and copyright holders. If you wish to break
with this and do something different, the onus is on you to provide
the community with _specific_ legal advice; if this is accepted, the
development model would have to drastically change in the presence of
single pieces of code developed by multiple distinct copyright
holders.

Cheers,
Daniel

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-08-25 12:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 105+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-08-19 11:45 [PATCH 00/49] DRM driver for Hikey 970 Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 01/49] staging: hikey9xx: Add hisilicon DRM driver for hikey960/970 Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 02/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: port it to work with Kernel v4.9 Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 03/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: solve tearing issue of display Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 04/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: resolve the performance issue by interrupt mechanism Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 05/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: add support to hikey970 HDMI and panel Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 06/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: Solve SR Cannot Display Problems Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 07/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: Solve HDMI compatibility Problem Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 08/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: Support MIPI DSI 3 lanes for hikey970 Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 09/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: Solve SR test reset problem " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 10/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: add debug prints for this driver Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-21 20:17   ` Joe Perches
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 11/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: Add support 10.1 inch special HDMI displays Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 12/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: get rid of adv7535 fork Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 13/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: rename the Kirin9xx namespace Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 14/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: get rid of kirin9xx_fbdev.c Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 15/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: get rid of some ifdefs Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 16/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: rename the config option for Kirin970 Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 17/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: change the includes to reflect upstream Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 18/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: port driver to upstream kAPIs Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 19/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: add a copy of set_reg() function there Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 20/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: get rid of ION headers Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 21/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: add support for using a reserved CMA memory Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 22/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: cleanup encoder attach logic Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 23/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: Change the logic which sets the burst mode Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 24/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: fix the DRM setting logic Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 25/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: do some code cleanups Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-20  1:53   ` John Stultz
2020-08-20  8:23     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-21 20:12       ` John Stultz
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 26/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: use default GEM_CMA fops Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 27/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: place vblank enable/disable at the right place Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 28/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: remove an uneeded hack Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 29/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: add a possible implementation for atomic_disable Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 30/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: register connector Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:45 ` [PATCH 31/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: fix driver name Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:46 ` [PATCH 32/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: get rid of iommu_format Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:46 ` [PATCH 33/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: re-work the mode validation code Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:46 ` [PATCH 34/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: add support for enable/disable ldo3 regulator Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:46 ` [PATCH 35/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: add SPMI headers Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:46 ` [PATCH 36/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: solve most coding style issues Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:46 ` [PATCH 37/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: don't use iommu code Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:46 ` [PATCH 38/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: add kirin9xx driver to the building system Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 15:30   ` Randy Dunlap
2020-08-19 11:46 ` [PATCH 39/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: get rid of typedefs Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:46 ` [PATCH 40/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: get rid of input/output macros Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:46 ` [PATCH 41/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: get rid of some unused data Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:46 ` [PATCH 42/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: place common definitions at kirin9xx_dpe.h Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:46 ` [PATCH 43/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: get rid of DRM_HISI_KIRIN970 Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:46 ` [PATCH 44/49] dts: hisilicon: hi3670.dtsi: add I2C settings Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:46 ` [PATCH 45/49] dts: hikey970-pinctrl.dtsi: add missing pinctrl settings Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:46 ` [PATCH 46/49] dt: hisilicon: add support for the PMIC found on Hikey 970 Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:46 ` [PATCH 47/49] dts: add support for Hikey 970 DRM Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:46 ` [PATCH 48/49] staging: hikey9xx/gpu: drop kirin9xx_pwm Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 11:46 ` [PATCH 49/49] dt: display: Add binds for the DPE and DSI controller for Kirin 960/970 Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 21:02   ` Sam Ravnborg
2020-08-19 22:36   ` Rob Herring
2020-08-19 15:21 ` [PATCH 00/49] DRM driver for Hikey 970 Sam Ravnborg
2020-08-19 15:30   ` Laurent Pinchart
2020-08-19 19:52     ` John Stultz
2020-08-20  7:03       ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-20 10:02         ` Laurent Pinchart
2020-08-24 19:29           ` Dave Airlie
2020-08-25 11:30             ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-25 11:38               ` Laurent Pinchart
2020-08-25 12:31               ` Daniel Stone [this message]
2020-08-26 14:44               ` Nicolas Dufresne
2020-08-19 15:40   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 17:35     ` Sam Ravnborg
2020-08-20 14:06       ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-20 14:48         ` Sam Ravnborg
2020-08-20 15:13           ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-20 15:36             ` Sam Ravnborg
2020-08-21 13:37       ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-21 13:58       ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-21 15:55         ` Sam Ravnborg
2020-08-24 16:02           ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-24 18:45             ` Sam Ravnborg
2020-08-24 21:10             ` Sam Ravnborg
2020-08-24 21:24             ` Sam Ravnborg
2020-08-25 18:11             ` Sam Ravnborg
2020-08-25 20:21             ` Sam Ravnborg
2020-08-21 14:41       ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-21 15:56         ` Sam Ravnborg
2020-08-24 16:06           ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 20:48     ` Sam Ravnborg
2020-08-20  7:21       ` Michel Dänzer
2020-08-20  7:21       ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-21 16:09       ` Joe Perches
2020-08-19 21:13 ` John Stultz
2020-08-19 21:25   ` Sam Ravnborg
2020-08-20  6:40     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-20  6:34   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-19 21:36 ` John Stultz
2020-08-20  2:01   ` John Stultz
2020-08-20  3:28     ` John Stultz
2020-08-20  7:48       ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-24  6:49       ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-24 13:18         ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-20  8:04   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2020-08-20  3:39 ` [PATCH 1/3] drm: hikey9xx: Fix inconsistent compat string John Stultz
2020-08-20  3:40   ` [PATCH 2/3] drm: kirin9xxx: Add additional color formats John Stultz
2020-08-20  3:41     ` [PATCH 3/3] drm: hikey9xxx: Fix null pointer crash on reboot John Stultz
2020-08-20  3:56       ` [PATCH 4/3] drm: hikey9xx: remove wait for VACTIVE IRQ John Stultz
2020-08-20  9:04   ` [PATCH 1/3] drm: hikey9xx: Fix inconsistent compat string Mauro Carvalho Chehab

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