linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] media: v4l: xilinx: Use SPDX-License-Identifier

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Message-ID: <1513276340.27409.77.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Thu, 14 Dec 2017 10:32:20 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
Cc:     Dhaval Shah <dhaval23031987@...il.com>, hyun.kwon@...inx.com,
        michal.simek@...inx.com, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: v4l: xilinx: Use SPDX-License-Identifier

On Thu, 2017-12-14 at 20:28 +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Mauro,
> 
> On Thursday, 14 December 2017 19:05:27 EET Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > Em Fri,  8 Dec 2017 18:05:37 +0530 Dhaval Shah escreveu:
> > > SPDX-License-Identifier is used for the Xilinx Video IP and
> > > related drivers.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Dhaval Shah <dhaval23031987@...il.com>
> > 
> > Hi Dhaval,
> > 
> > You're not listed as one of the Xilinx driver maintainers. I'm afraid that,
> > without their explicit acks, sent to the ML, I can't accept a patch
> > touching at the driver's license tags.
> 
> The patch doesn't change the license, I don't see why it would cause any 
> issue. Greg isn't listed as the maintainer or copyright holder of any of the 
> 10k+ files to which he added an SPDX license header in the last kernel 
> release.

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