Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 Dec 2016 18:31:05 +0100 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] lib: Update LZ4 compressor module based on LZ4 v1.7.2. |
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On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 09:04:02PM +0100, Sven Schmidt wrote: > On 12/20/2016 08:52 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Tue, 2016-12-20 at 19:53 +0100, Sven Schmidt wrote: > >> This patch updates LZ4 kernel module to LZ4 v1.7.2 by Yann Collet. > >> The kernel module is inspired by the previous work by Chanho Min. > >> The updated LZ4 module will not break existing code since there were alias > >> methods added to ensure backwards compatibility. > > > >[] > > > >> diff --git a/include/linux/lz4.h b/include/linux/lz4.h > > [] > >> @@ -1,87 +1,218 @@ > >> #ifndef __LZ4_H__ > >> #define __LZ4_H__ > >> + > >> /* > >> * LZ4 Kernel Interface > >> * > >> - * Copyright (C) 2013, LG Electronics, Kyungsik Lee <kyungsik.lee@lge.com> > >> + * Copyright (C) 2016, Sven Schmidt <4sschmid@informatik.uni-hamburg.de> > > > > Deleting copyright notices is poor form and shouldn't be done. > > > > I didn't look at the rest > > > > Thanks Joe for your time. If you would take a look at the rest, you may notice > that I changed almost the whole file. That's why I also changed the copyright note. > If you think I should keep the original note, I will do that.
You have to, please consult a lawyer if you have questions about copyright issues. Or better yet, there's a free presentation/course online about copyright on the linuxfoundation.org website somewhere that should answer all of your questions here. I recommend taking a few minutes and going through that.
thanks,
greg k-h
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