linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] firmware/WHENCE: Use consistent field name for licence information

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Date:	Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:51:48 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] firmware/WHENCE: Use consistent field name for
 licence information

On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 12:02 +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:16:17 +0000
> Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Keep the Americans happy by making it 'license' not 'licence'.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
> 
> NAK
> 
> As a matter of style we don't randomly switch things between different
> English language versions. If it says "colour" it stays colour, if it
> says "color" likewise.

The file currently uses both spellings in different places.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
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