Return-path: Received: from mail-qc0-f174.google.com ([209.85.216.174]:62246 "EHLO mail-qc0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751183Ab2ISTlP convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:41:15 -0400 Received: by qcro28 with SMTP id o28so1122476qcr.19 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:41:13 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <505A1DEE.9010905@broadcom.com> References: <1348053493-22955-1-git-send-email-jarl@softace.dk> <1348053493-22955-2-git-send-email-jarl@softace.dk> <5059DFF1.4060405@lwfinger.net> <505A1DEE.9010905@broadcom.com> From: Jarl Friis Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:40:53 +0200 Message-ID: (sfid-20120919_214122_845585_D7811A04) Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Using LP firmware for taking advantage of the low-power capabilities. To: Arend van Spriel Cc: Larry Finger , Stefano Brivio , =?UTF-8?Q?G=C3=A1bor_Stefanik?= , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, b43-dev@lists.infradead.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Never mind the copyright notice I was just trying to follow procedures... And apparently that was not one of them... :-) Jarl 2012/9/19 Arend van Spriel : > On 09/19/2012 08:54 PM, Jarl Friis wrote: >>> >>> Is the addition of your copyright to the driver >>> >warranted by this change? >> >> As far as I understand the copyright law: Yes, but I'm not an expert. >> Neither am I 100% sure what you mean. > > > You add your name to the copy notice of the file so you claim it for the > entire file. > > >>> >For example, I have made much larger contributions >>> >to b43 over the years before I started doing reverse-engineering on this >>> >driver, but I never added my copyright. >> >> I suggest you do. > > > Typically, the names you see there are and/or were b43 maintainers. > > >>> >Your "Signed-off-by" implies >>> >copyright for the patch. >> >> The fact that I authored the patch implies copyright (even without >> Signed-off-by) >> >> Jarl > > > You can indeed claim it for your patch, but I think not beyond that. But I > am no lawyer either so .....pffff. > > Gr. AvS > -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Rådhustorvet 7, 2. 3520 Farum LinkedIn: http://dk.linkedin.com/in/jarlfriis