linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] auxdisplay: Replace licenses with SPDX identifiers

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Date:   Sun, 18 Feb 2018 20:37:59 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>
Cc:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, Linus Walleij <triad@...lth.se>,
        robin@...tonic.nl, Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] auxdisplay: Replace licenses with SPDX identifiers

Hi Philippe,

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 8:04 PM, Philippe Ombredanne
<pombredanne@...b.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 8:39 PM, Miguel Ojeda
> <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com> wrote:
>> Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
>> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
>> Cc: Linus Walleij <triad@...lth.se>
>> Cc: Robin van der Gracht <robin@...tonic.nl>
>> Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
>> ---
>
> <snip>
>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/cfag12864b.h b/include/linux/cfag12864b.h
>> index b454dfce60d9..aa960efc32f6 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/cfag12864b.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/cfag12864b.h
>> @@ -1,25 +1,11 @@
>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>
> Per the doc [1] you should be using instead this in a .h:
> /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
>
> I know this can be surprising. This has been discussed on list quite
> lot and the doc has some rationale.
>
> <snip>
>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/ks0108.h b/include/linux/ks0108.h
>> index cb311798e0bc..2a1c985fedea 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/ks0108.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/ks0108.h
>> @@ -1,25 +1,11 @@
>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>
> Same comment as above.
>
> [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
>

Obviously we need a check in scripts/checkpatch.pl, to catch this
before submission...

Care to send a patch?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

--
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