> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> > Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 4:36 PM > To: dev@dpdk.org > Cc: Sachin Saxena <sachin.sax...@nxp.com>; ferruh.yi...@intel.com; > Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agra...@nxp.com>; techbo...@dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: copyrights update for nxp files > Importance: High > > 06/11/2019 11:43, Sachin Saxena: > > --- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/fman/fman.c > > +++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/fman/fman.c > > @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ > > /* SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0) > > * > > * Copyright 2010-2016 Freescale Semiconductor Inc. > > - * Copyright 2017 NXP > > + * Copyright 2017-2019 NXP > > I am not sure we need such change, especially when the file is not modified. > > Could we have a clear answer from someone who knows someone who > knows a lawyer? > What is the value of these date ranges in the copyright? > [Sachin Saxena] Hello Thomas. Actually the files includes in this patch have been updated in current year through different patches and NXP legal department mandate us to update the NXP Copyright year(or Range) in all touched files.
We missed to update the same in relevant patches so initiated this specific copyright update patch request. Hope this answers your query.
