Re: [patch] scsi: fix spurious build failures in aic7xxx

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Sun Feb 03 2008 - 15:38:46 EST


>
> > drivers/base/attribute_container.c: * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > drivers/base/transport_class.c: * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > drivers/scsi/raid_class.c: * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > include/linux/attribute_container.h: * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > include/linux/raid_class.h: * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > include/linux/transport_class.h: * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This is less obvious: The copyrights are historical rather than current
> and also, I was at steeleye when I did that work, so it does deserve to
> be reflected in the file history. I know it adds confusion from a whom
> do I contact for this file point of view, but it is legally the right
> thing to do.
When I read the above is that the Copyright are assigned to the
person "James Bottomley" with an email address.

If Steeleye deserve copyrights then _I_ would have
explicitly stated the company name too.

Sam
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