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

[Andreas Dilger]

My policy is that it is up to the copyright holders to update their copyrights, so HPE should submit changes to the Oracle/Seagate/Xyratex messages, if they are so inclined. 

However, it isn't clear if there was copyright transfer of the code between all of these companies, since it is open source and the assignment is not strictly necessary. 

Cheers, Andreas

> On Jun 25, 2025, at 15:57, Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 6/25/25 7:43 PM, Day, Timothy wrote:
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> [CC lustre-devel ml]
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>> 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 These copyright notices are outdated, and they are currently no longer valid: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.