linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 02/10] net: macsec: convert to SPDX

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Message-ID: <20190124131118.GA28903@lunn.ch>
Date:   Thu, 24 Jan 2019 14:11:18 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, sd@...asysnail.net, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        hkallweit1@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com,
        alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com, quentin.schulz@...tlin.com,
        allan.nielsen@...rochip.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 02/10] net: macsec: convert to SPDX

> That's right, I'll fix it in v2. In such cases, the license text takes
> precedence over the MODULE_LICENSE() definition ?
 
Hi Antoine

IANAL

I've also not seen any real discussion about this. But when i recently
proposed patches to cleanup similar issues in drivers/net/phy, i gave
the license text precedence, since it is a lot easier for a human to
understand, and it is likely a human made the error....


	    Andrew