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

Started byMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
First post2017-06-07 10:50 +0200
Last post2017-06-09 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

#1659548 — Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add SPDX license tag check for dts files and headers

FromMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Date2017-06-07 10:50 +0200
SubjectRe: [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?


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada

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#1662476

FromRob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Date2017-06-09 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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