linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] USB: add SPDX identifiers to all files in drivers/usb/

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Date:   Thu, 19 Oct 2017 11:10:07 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: add SPDX identifiers to all files in drivers/usb/

Hi Greg,

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:52 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:49:47AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
>> <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>> > It's good to have SPDX identifiers in all files to make it easier to
>> > audit the kernel tree for correct licenses.  This patch adds these
>> > identifiers to all files in drivers/usb/ based on a script and data from
>> > Thomas Gleixner, Philippe Ombredanne, and Kate Stewart.
>> >
>> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>> > Cc: Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>
>> > Cc: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>
>> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>> > ---
>> > Unless someone really complains, I'm going to add this to my tree for
>> > 4.15-rc1.
>>
>> It would be good to include a diffstat, esp. when touching +600 files.
>
> I wanted to, but I was worried it would be too long to prevent the patch
> from hitting the list :)
>
> Here it is:

[...]

Thanks!

BTW, some files seem to be "SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0+".
Was this intentional, given COPYING says the default is v2?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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