linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] HID: add driver for Valve Steam Controller

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Date:   Wed, 14 Feb 2018 22:28:37 +0100
From:   Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>
To:     Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
Cc:     Rodrigo Rivas Costa <rodrigorivascosta@...il.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] HID: add driver for Valve Steam Controller

Benjamin, Rodrigo,

On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 3:45 PM, Benjamin Tissoires
<benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 1:03 PM, Rodrigo Rivas Costa <rodrigorivascosta@...il.com> wrote:

<snip>
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-steam.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,480 @@
>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>
> Non standard header

Benjamin:
What do you mean by this?
This is following the proper style for this line as documented (and
discussed on list at great length) [1]

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst


>> +/*
>> + * HID driver for Valve Steam Controller
>> + *
>> + * Supports both the wired and wireless interfaces.
>> + *
>> + * Copyright (c) 2018 Rodrigo Rivas Costa <rodrigorivascosta@...il.com>
>> + */
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
>> + * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
>> + * Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
>> + * any later version.
>> + */

Rodrigo,
Since you used the proper SPDX tag (in the proper style as explained
in the doc), you can remove this boilerplate alright as it does double
duty with the tag.

-- 
Cordially
Philippe Ombredanne