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| Started by | Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> |
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| First post | 2017-06-07 10:50 +0200 |
| Last post | 2017-06-09 16:00 +0200 |
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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
| From | Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> |
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| Date | 2017-06-07 10:50 +0200 |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add SPDX license tag check for dts files and headers |
| Message-ID | <tPEP9-4gO-49@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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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| From | Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> |
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| Date | 2017-06-09 16:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tQsCg-2cm-73@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #1659548 |
On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 05:45:03PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> 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?
Depends on the maintainer and your lawyer I guess. gregkh is
supportive[1]. I wouldn't recommend changing existing license text
though.
Rob
[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/2/15/968
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