svn commit: r335091 - head/sbin/nvmecontrol

[Warner Losh]

On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 9:31 PM, Juli Mallett <juli at northcloak.com> wrote:

> On 13 June 2018 at 20:28, Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd at pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net
> > wrote:
>
>> > On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 9:03 PM, Rodney W. Grimes <
>> > freebsd at pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > > > Author: imp
>> > > > Date: Wed Jun 13 22:00:02 2018
>> > > > New Revision: 335091
>> > > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/335091
>> > > >
>> > > > Log:
>> > > >   Make it possible to use print_controller from another program
>> > > >
>> > > >   Rename print_controller to nvme_print_controller. Put it in its
>> > > >   own file for easy inclusion. Move util.c to be nc_util.c to not
>> > > >   conflict with camcontrol. add nvecontrol_ext.h to define shared
>> > > >   interfaces.
>> > > >
>> > > >   Sponsored by: Netflix
>> > > >   Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15371
>> > > >
>> > > > Added:
>> > > >   head/sbin/nvmecontrol/identify_ext.c
>> > > >      - copied, changed from r335089, head/sbin/nvmecontrol/identify
>> .c
>> > > >   head/sbin/nvmecontrol/nc_util.c
>> > > >      - copied, changed from r335089, head/sbin/nvmecontrol/util.c
>> > > >   head/sbin/nvmecontrol/nvmecontrol_ext.h   (contents, props
>> changed)
>> > > >      - copied, changed from r335089, head/sbin/nvmecontrol/util.c
>> > > ...
>> > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Copied and modified: head/sbin/nvmecontrol/nvmecontrol_ext.h (from
>> > > r335089, head/sbin/nvmecontrol/util.c)
>> > > > ============================================================
>> > > ==================
>> > > > --- head/sbin/nvmecontrol/util.c      Wed Jun 13 21:10:23 2018
>> > > (r335089, copy source)
>> > > > +++ head/sbin/nvmecontrol/nvmecontrol_ext.h   Wed Jun 13 22:00:02
>> 2018
>> > >       (r335091)
>> > > > @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
>> > > >  /*-
>> > > > - * Copyright (c) 2017 Netflix, Inc
>> > > > - * All rights reserved.
>> > > > + * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD
>> > > >   *
>> > > > + * Copyright (C) 2018 Netflix
>> > >
>> > > You moved a copyright forward, that is not proper to do.
>> > >
>> >
>> > Thought it was. I honestly don't care where (nor does my employer), so
>> if
>> > you want to tweak it to be more conforming, be my guest.
>>
>> You can add a new date to the end of a list, but you should always
>> retain the oldest date, and many opinions are that all dates should
>> be retained unless they are continuous.
>>
>
> Do you have a citation for this, Rod?  I ask because my impression was
> that although it has often been done, and at one point may legitimately
> have been required, it is not any longer so.  I'd love to have a concrete
> source on this, though.
>

The project just does oldest and newest with a -.

The US copyright office says you just need the newest. There's some concern
elsewhere is different, but I have nothing concrete on that.

I've never heard Rod's advice in the 20 years I've been minding the store
here and at small shops I've worked at.

Warner


>
>
It would be much simpler for you to commit:
>> - * Copyright (C) 2018 Netflix
>> + * Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Netflix
>>
>> Than for me to get approval: bde, phk.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Rod
>>
>> >
>> > > Not sure about dropping the , Inc either.
>> >
>> >
>> > Doesn't matter. Different Netflix committers do different things and I
>> was
>> > trying to move towards uniformity.
>>
>> Ok
>>
>> > Warner
>>
>> --
>> Rod Grimes
>> rgrimes at freebsd.org
>>
>>
>