linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: denali: use SPDX-License-Identifier and fix license mismatch

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Date:   Tue, 4 Sep 2018 23:56:51 +0200
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>,
        Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: denali: use SPDX-License-Identifier and fix
 license mismatch

Hi Masahiro,

Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote on Mon, 20 Aug
2018 12:26:36 +0900:

> Use SPDX-License-Identifier instead of the license boilerplates.
> 
> This conversion makes it easier for us to scan the license, then
> I notice license mismatch problems.
> 
> The license blocks in denali* indicate GPL-2.0 "only", while the
> MODULE_LICENSE in denali.c and denali_dt.c is GPL-2.0 "or later"
> as explained in include/linux/module.h as follows:
> 
>   "GPL"                           [GNU Public License v2 or later]
>   "GPL v2"                        [GNU Public License v2]
> 
> I fixed the MODULE_LICENSE tags, assuming the license blocks are
> the authors' intention.
> 
> Also, add missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR to denali.c
> 
> While I am touching the license things, I added my credit to denali.c
> because this driver was largely re-written by me in 2017.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> ---

Applied to nand/next with subject prefix s/nand/rawnand/.

Thanks,
Miquèl