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Date:   Wed, 25 Jul 2018 18:27:59 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To:     Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
Cc:     Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org" 
        <linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: thermal: samsung: Add SPDX license identifier

On 25 July 2018 at 16:43, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
<b.zolnierkie@...sung.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 10:03:12 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 06:46:35PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 10:02:50 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> > > Replace GPL license statement with SPDX license identifier (GPL-2.0+).
>> > >
>> > > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
>> > > ---
>> > >  include/dt-bindings/thermal/thermal_exynos.h | 12 +-----------
>> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)
>> > >
>> > > diff --git a/include/dt-bindings/thermal/thermal_exynos.h b/include/dt-bindings/thermal/thermal_exynos.h
>> > > index 0646500bca69..642e4e7f4084 100644
>> > > --- a/include/dt-bindings/thermal/thermal_exynos.h
>> > > +++ b/include/dt-bindings/thermal/thermal_exynos.h
>> > > @@ -1,19 +1,9 @@
>> > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
>> >
>> > This code should be GPL-2.0 only, original license statement is most
>> > likely result of using wrong file as the source of copy-paste. So I
>> > would like to have the license fixed first before doing conversion to
>> > SPDX.
>>
>> If you think that's the case, then it makes sense and please go ahead.
>> As fair as I remember this required signed-off from all contributors...
>> so probably just Lukasz and Eduardo?
>
> git blame shows just Lukasz so his Ack should be enough.
>
> I'm also fine with doing it in one patch like i.e. in commit a80ea4cb944e
> ("pata_bk3710: clarify license version and use SPDX header"), if you are
> also fine with it could you please re-spin the patch (+Cc: Lukasz)?

I do not have interest in changing the license, I do not want to deal
with possible legal issues so I'll skip it.

I am fine however with abandoning this patch if you or someone else
sends license change + SPDX.

Best regards,
Krzysztof