linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/21] eeprom: at24: use SPDX identifier instead of GPL boiler-plate

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Date:   Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:43:16 +0100
From:   Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        linux-i2c <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/21] eeprom: at24: use SPDX identifier instead of GPL boiler-plate

2018-03-19 16:38 GMT+01:00 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 01:56:28PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
>> 2018-03-19 13:51 GMT+01:00 Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>:
>> > On 2018-03-19 13:12, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
>> >> 2018-03-19 12:03 GMT+01:00 Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>:
>> >>> Also, use a // style comment for the SPDX line in C files.
>> >>
>> >> I'm seeing both /* */ and // style comments used for SPDX headers - is
>> >> there any reason not to use /* */ here?
>> >
>> > Documentation/process/license-rules.rst states:
>> >
>> > 2. Style:
>> >
>> >    The SPDX license identifier is added in form of a comment.  The comment
>> >    style depends on the file type::
>> >
>> >       C source: // SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression>
>> >       C header: /* SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression> */
>> >       ASM:      /* SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression> */
>> >       scripts:  # SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression>
>> >       .rst:     .. SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression>
>> >       .dts{i}:  // SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression>
>> >
>> > Read more in that file for reasons. If there are none, I personally
>> > think the reason is that "Linus said so". Or something like that?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Peter
>>
>> Makes sense, thanks.
>>
>> I'm thinking about dropping this file from this series and submitting
>> it separately for Greg to Ack.
>>
>> Unless he sees our exchange and acks it here. :)
>
> I can't ack a patch that is incorrect :(
>
> Please fix it up and resend...
>

Oh yes, sure, I was just waiting for more reviews before resending v2.
It's 4.18 material anyway.

Thanks,
Bartosz