[lustre-devel] [PATCH 1/2] lustre: refresh FSF licences

[Xose Vazquez Perez]

On 6/25/25 7:43 PM, Day, Timothy wrote:

[CC lustre-devel ml]

> The checkpatch.pl in the Lustre tree is fairly up-to-date (6.13-rc3). But
> there's an exception specifically for SPDX comments in headers [1]. They
> must use /* */. The // comments are fine everywhere else.
> 
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/license-rules.html <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/license-rules.html>

You are right. And it's weird, because // is used by some kernel headers (581).
But anyway, rechecking it, /* */ is used by most of them (21573).


Another topic.
These copyright notices are outdated, and they are currently no longer valid:
git grep -E "Copyright.*(Cluster|Oracle|Sun)"

And maybe also: git grep "Copyright.*Xyratex"
They should be replaced by the current holder, "Seagate Technology LLC."

The same for:
git grep "Copyright.*201.*Intel" #-> "DataDirect Networks, Inc."

Sources:
- "Xyratex Advances Lustre® Initiative, Assumes Ownership of Related Assets"
https://web.archive.org/web/20130224063137/http://www.xyratex.com/news/press-releases/xyratex-advances-lustre%C2%AE-initiative-assumes-ownership-related-assets
https://wiki.lustre.org/images/2/25/LUG2013-Xyratex_Update-Kevin_Canady.pdf

- "Seagate Completes Acquisition of Xyratex":
https://web.archive.org/web/20140404103415/http://www.seagate.com/about/newsroom/press-releases/seagate-completes-acquisition-of-xyratex-pr-master

- "Intel Corporation has acquired Whamcloud":
https://web.archive.org/web/20120724105322/http://www.whamcloud.com/news/intel-corporation-has-acquired-whamcloud/

- "Storage Leader DDN Acquires Lustre File System Capability From Intel":
https://web.archive.org/web/20200812123030/https://www.ddn.com/press-releases/storage-leader-ddn-acquires-lustre-file-system-capability-intel/


BTW, there are some odd copyright dates (2026!!!):
git grep -i "Copyright.*2026.*"


Thanks.