> On Jun 13, 2018, at 11:59 AM, Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> wrote:
>
> 13/06/2018 18:41, Ferruh Yigit:
>> On 6/8/2018 6:58 PM, Rahul Lakkireddy wrote:
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.h
>>> b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.h
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 000000000..d69c79e80
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.h
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
>>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
>>> + * Copyright(c) 2014-2018 Chelsio Communications.
>>> + * All rights reserved.
>>> + */
>>> +
>>
>> Hi Rahul,
>>
>> This is a new file and copyright starts from 2014, is this intentional?
>>
>> And @Thomas, @Hemant, are we allowed to have copyright start date in the past
>> for new files?
>
> I prefer having accurate copyright year because it is a quick hint about
> how old the file is.
> But I think there is no strong legal consequence.
I would guess if you have the wrong year and that year was before/after it was
created then you will have a problem proving it was valid in a given year. Not
having a real date can cause some problems if we ever have a conflict or law
suit. We should always update the copyright when we modify a file and the
correct date when it is created.
Regards,
Keith
