linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/9] rtc: cros-ec: Switch to SPDX identifier.

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Message-ID: <20180625015832.GB30408@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 25 Jun 2018 09:58:32 +0800
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
Cc:     Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@...omium.org>, kernel@...labora.com,
        linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] rtc: cros-ec: Switch to SPDX identifier.

On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 08:59:52PM +0200, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> On 05/06/2018 20:51:06+0200, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote:
> > Hi Alexandre,
> > 
> > On 05/06/18 11:46, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> > > On 05/06/2018 11:22:05+0200, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote:
> > >> Adopt the SPDX license identifier headers to ease license compliance
> > >> management.
> > >>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>
> > >> ---
> > >>
> > >>  drivers/rtc/rtc-cros-ec.c | 21 +++++----------------
> > >>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> > >>
> > > Applied, thanks.
> > > 
> > 
> > Looks like all the ChromeOS drivers should be licensed as GPL v2 only. There was
> > a mismatch between what the header says and the MODULE_LICENSE and I wrongly
> > assumed that the MODULE_LICENSE is the one I should follow. So could you not
> > apply this patch for now and I'll send another version with the correct license?
> > 
> 
> Hum, ok, this seemed to be the correct way to solve the mismatch to me.

No, the license text trumps the MODULE_LICENSE() string.  Please revert
this, or fix it up to be correct.

thanks,

greg k-h