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

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Date:   Tue, 20 Feb 2018 08:41:29 +0100
From:   Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
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

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 9:18 PM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2018-02-18 at 20:37 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> 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?
>
> There's one already in progress.
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/2/8/712
>


And I will try to help there as much as I can. Time to dust off my Perl!
-- 
Cordially
Philippe Ombredanne