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SubjectRe: [patch] scsi: fix spurious build failures in aic7xxx
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On Sun, 2008-02-03 at 21:38 +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> >
> > > drivers/base/attribute_container.c: * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>
> > > drivers/base/transport_class.c: * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>
> > > drivers/scsi/raid_class.c: * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>
> > > include/linux/attribute_container.h: * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>
> > > include/linux/raid_class.h: * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>
> > > include/linux/transport_class.h: * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>
> >
> > 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.

That's the correct reading.

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

No, I own the copyrights, but SteelEye was partially funding my open
source work at the time.

James




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