> -----Original Message-----
> From: mar...@neutronstar.dyndns.org [mailto:mar...@neutronstar.dyndns.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:55 AM
> To: Hiremath, Vaibhav
> Cc: Laurent Pinchart; Tony Lindgren; linux-o...@vger.kernel.org; linux-
> me...@vger.kernel.org; linux-arm-ker...@lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] arm: omap3evm: Add support for an MT9M032 based
> camera board.
> 
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 11:37:37AM +0530, Hiremath, Vaibhav wrote:
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: linux-omap-ow...@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-omap-
> > > ow...@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Laurent Pinchart
> > > Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 3:29 AM
> > > To: Martin Hostettler
> > > Cc: Tony Lindgren; linux-o...@vger.kernel.org; linux-
> > > me...@vger.kernel.org; linux-arm-ker...@lists.infradead.org
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] arm: omap3evm: Add support for an MT9M032
> based
> > > camera board.
> > >
> > > Hi Martin,
> > >
> > > On Saturday 17 September 2011 11:34:57 Martin Hostettler wrote:
> > > > Adds board support for an MT9M032 based camera to omap3evm.
> > > >
> > > > Sigend-off-by: Martin Hostettler <mar...@neutronstar.dyndns.org>
> > > > ---
> > > >  arch/arm/mach-omap2/Makefile                |    1 +
> > > >  arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-omap3evm-camera.c |  183
> > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 184 insertions(+), 0
> > > > deletions(-)
> > > >  create mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-omap3evm-camera.c
> > > >
> > > > Changes in V2:
> > > >  * ported to current mainline
> > > >  * Style fixes
> > > >  * Fix error handling
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Makefile b/arch/arm/mach-
> omap2/Makefile
> > > > index f343365..8ae3d25 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Makefile
> > > > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Makefile
> > > > @@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_OMAP3_TORPEDO)        +=
> > > > board-omap3logic.o \ obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_OVERO)           += board-
> overo.o \
> > > >                                            hsmmc.o
> > > >  obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_OMAP3EVM)            += board-omap3evm.o \
> > > > +                                          board-omap3evm-camera.o \
> > > >                                            hsmmc.o
> > > >  obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_OMAP3_PANDORA)       += board-omap3pandora.o \
> > > >                                            hsmmc.o
> > > > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-omap3evm-camera.c
> > > > b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-omap3evm-camera.c new file mode 100644
> > > > index 0000000..be987d9
> > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-omap3evm-camera.c
> > > > @@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Lund Engineering
> > > > + * Contact: Gil Lund <gwl...@lundeng.com>
> > > > + * Author: Martin Hostettler <mar...@neutronstar.dyndns.org>
> > > > + *
> > [Hiremath, Vaibhav] The file below seems copied from (which is coming
> from all older releases of TI)
> >
> > http://arago-project.org/git/projects/?p=linux-
> omap3.git;a=blob;f=arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-omap3evm-
> camera.c;h=2e6ccfef69027dee880d507b98b5a7998d4bbe7e;hb=adcd067326836777c04
> 9e3cb32a5b7d9d401fc31
> >
> > So I would appreciate if you keep original copyright and authorship of
> the file and add your sign-off to the patch.
> >
> 
> First of all i don't have any problem Adding your name and the TI
> copyright.
> Maybe i should have been more careful when looking at and adeption
> omap3evm_set_mux as i really took that from the TI code.
> 

The best practice it to always keep copy-right of the file intact... I wouldn't 
mind if you use and modify any part of the code and also add your authorship. 
I feel, Copy-right is important part.
 
> I honestly don't remember if i took any other code from that file or not.
> It ends up doing what the hardware needs anyway. For me it doesn't matter
> with such trival things, but i should have been more careful.
> 
> Do you consider it resolved if use the following at the start?
> 
> /*
>  * Copyright (C) 2010 Texas Instruments Inc

Change it to 2011.

>  * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Lund Engineering
>  * Contact: Gil Lund <gwl...@lundeng.com>

Not sure do you really need above line...

>  * Authors:
>  *    Vaibhav Hiremath <hvaib...@ti.com>
>  *    Martin Hostettler <mar...@neutronstar.dyndns.org>
>  */
> 
> 
Looks ok to me.

> But then again the copy on my harddisk has these too...
> 
>  * Contributors:
>  *     Anuj Aggarwal <anuj.aggar...@ti.com>
>  *     Sivaraj R <siva...@ti.com>
> 
> Maybe i should add them too.
> 
> Not sure really...
> 
> 

I think we should not pollute source file with all our names, so I would 
recommend to put copy rights and probably author.

Thanks,
Vaibhav
>  - Martin Hostettler
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