[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 16/20] cxgbe: copy pci device info to eth_dev data
Iremonger, Bernard
bernard.iremonger at intel.com
Tue Sep 29 10:41:14 CEST 2015
Hi Rahul,
<snip>
> Out of curiosity, do you really need to add Intel copyright on top of source
> file for a 3 line change in source file? I see that you have done the same for
> cisco, mellanox, broadcom and other vendors as well.
>
> I don't claim to understand Copyright very well. However, I have seen in
> other
> open community projects like kernel.org where people many times do
> significant
> change in someone else's code and yet, don't normally add their own
> copyright
> to source files.
>
> Care to explain what is the intention here with addition of Intel Copyright
> statement?
>
> Thanks,
> Rahul
I thought it was necessary to add the Intel Copyright, because I had modified the code.
I will remove it in the next revision of the patchset.
Regards,
Bernard.
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