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Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add SPDX license tag check for dts files and headers

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Hi Rob,

2017-02-24 0:56 GMT+09:00 Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>:
> Add a check for using SPDX-License-Identifier tags to define the license of
> .dts{i} and DT header files rather than using free form license text. This
> check looks for GPL, BSD, or X11(really incorrectly labeled MIT license)
> license text which are the commonly used DT licenses.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>

I have a question.

Is SPDX encouraged only for DT?

What should we do with C source files?


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada

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Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add SPDX license tag check for dts files  and headers Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> - 2017-06-07 10:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add SPDX license tag check for dts files  and headers Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> - 2017-06-09 16:00 +0200

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