Re: [PATCH] maple_tree: Update copyright dates for test code

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 20:23 +0000, Liam Howlett wrote:
> * Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> [221025 14:06]:
> > On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 17:37 +0000, Liam Howlett wrote:
> > > Add the span to the year of the development.
[]
> > > diff --git a/tools/testing/radix-tree/maple.c b/tools/testing/radix-tree/maple.c
[]
> > > @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
> > >  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> > >  /*
> > > - * maple_tree.c: Userspace shim for maple tree test-suite
> > > - * Copyright (c) 2018 Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@Oracle.com>
> > > + * maple_tree.c: Userspace testing for maple tree test-suite
> > > + * Copyright (c) 2018-2022 Oracle Corporation
> > > + * Author: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@Oracle.com>
> > 
> > Confused here.  Who owns the copyright from 2018?
> 
> 2018 should have also been oracle on this file.  Note the email
> address.

Noted.  It shows you as the copyright holder not Oracle Corp.

You are reassigning copyright yet the commit message merely shows
additional "span".

> > And what happened from 2019 through 2021 ?

When work on a object does not occur during a year, it
should not be included in a copyright "span".

> Development continued which is why I wanted to extend the date to a
> range.  I also presented the maple tree and spoke to a lot of people
> about it.  Also a pandemic, I hear.

Not a reason for copyright changes, but whatever...

> > $ git log --stat -p -1 54a611b605901c7d5d05b6b8f5d04a6ceb0962aa | grep -i copyright
> > + * Copyright (c) 2018-2022 Oracle
> > + * Copyright (c) 2018-2022 Oracle Corporation
> > + * Copyright (c) 2018 Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@Oracle.com>
> 
> Right, this is what I am correcting.  I'm not sure what you are getting
> at here.

Just inconsistency.
First shows only Oracle, second is Oracle Corporation.

>  Did I do something incorrect with trying to fix my mistake?

Copyright reassignment not specified in commit message.

cheers, Joe