linux-kernel - Re: SPDX-License-Identifier

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Date:	Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:20:45 -0600
From:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
To:	Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>
CC:	<balbi@...com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta <subbaraya.sundeep.bhatta@...inx.com>,
	<linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta <sbhatta@...inx.com>,
	<devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, Wolfgang Denk <wd@...x.de>
Subject: Re: SPDX-License-Identifier

Hi,

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 05:18:39PM +0100, Michal Simek wrote:
> On 02/21/2014 05:12 PM, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 05:04:26PM +0100, Michal Simek wrote:
> >> On 02/21/2014 05:04 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 07:38:16AM +0100, Michal Simek wrote:
> >>>> BTW: u-boot started to use SPDX-License-Identifier
> >>>> which will be nice to start to use.
> >>>
> >>> I agree, feel free to start sending patches to use this type of
> >>> identifier for drivers.
> >>
> >> But we probably need to add that Licenses to one location.
> >> Documentation/Licenses?
> > 
> > Just add to the drivers themselves, just like u-boot is doing. A simple:
> > 
> > 	$ git grep -e SPDX-License-Identifier
> > 
> > will tell you filename and license. Or did I misunderstand your question ?
> 
> But for doing this it is probably necessary to have location where
> you will place that licenses and you will explain what it is how
> it is done by Wolfgang in this commit.
> 
> http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=commitdiff;h=eca3aeb352c964bdb28b8e191d6326370245e03f
> 
> Then yes, adding one line is enough.

spdx.org has all licenses, why don't we just rely on that instead of
adding every other license to the kernel source ?

cheers

-- 
balbi

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