linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] ARM: dts: sama5d{2,4}: use SPDX-License-Identifier

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Date:   Wed, 03 Apr 2019 10:08:52 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@...rochip.com>,
        Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>
Cc:     Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] ARM: dts: sama5d{2,4}: use SPDX-License-Identifier

On Wed, 2019-04-03 at 18:22 +0200, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> The X11 license text [1] is explicitly for the X Consortium and has a
> couple of extra clauses. The MIT license text [2] is actually what the
> current DT files claim.
[]
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sama5d2.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sama5d2.dtsi
[]
> @@ -1,46 +1,9 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR MIT)

Nope - NAK...

That's not the correct identifier.
It's not GPL-2.0, it's either GPL-2.0+ or GPL-2.0-or-later

Check this for all submitted patches in this series.

>  /*
>   * sama5d2.dtsi - Device Tree Include file for SAMA5D2 family SoC
>   *
>   *  Copyright (C) 2015 Atmel,
>   *                2015 Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@...el.com>
> - *
> - * This file is dual-licensed: you can use it either under the terms
> - * of the GPL or the X11 license, at your option. Note that this dual
> - * licensing only applies to this file, and not this project as a
> - * whole.
> - *
> - *  a) This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> - *     modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
> - *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
> - *     License, or (at your option) any later version.
>