linux-kernel - Re: [patch 4/9] LICENSES/GPL2.0: Add GPL-2.0-only/or-later as valid identifiers

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Date:   Mon, 23 Apr 2018 09:19:53 +0200
From:   Hans Verkuil <hansverk@...co.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 4/9] LICENSES/GPL2.0: Add GPL-2.0-only/or-later as valid
 identifiers

On 23/04/18 08:52, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 12:02:12AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> Quite some files have been flagged with the new GPL-2.0-only and
>> GPL-2.0-or-later identifiers which replace the original GPL-2.0 and
>> GPL-2.0+ identifiers in the SPDX license identifier specification, but the
>> identifiers are not mentioned as valid in the GPL-2.0 license file.
>>
>> Add them to make everything consistent again.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>> Cc: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>
>> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
> 
> As much as I dislike the "new" identifiers, I guess trying to hold them
> back is a pointless exercise :(

I like the new identifiers :-)

Reviewed-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>

Regards,

	Hans

> 
> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>