linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] ARM: imx legacy: add an SPDX license identifier

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Date:   Sun, 14 Apr 2019 01:54:03 +0200
From:   Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@...r.at>
To:     Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
Cc:     Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Janusz Krzysztofik <jmkrzyszt@...il.com>,
        "moderated list:ARM/FREESCALE IMX / MXC ARM ARCHITECTURE" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] ARM: imx legacy: add an SPDX license identifier

On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 11:11:05AM -0300, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 4:30 AM Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org> wrote:
> >
> > The header clearly identifies this code as GPL V2 or later - so pop
> > in the SPDX license identifier.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-mx27ads.c | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-mx27ads.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-mx27ads.c
> > index c83fdd3..3f68972 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-mx27ads.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-mx27ads.c
> > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> 
> As you are adding the SPDX line you could also remove the legal text below.

hmmm - as I'm not the copyright holder I do not think I should
be doing that - it has more information in it that only GPL V2+

thx!
hofrat