linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/10] ARM: dts: meson8b: update with SPDX Licence identifier

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Date:   Tue, 21 May 2019 13:17:04 -0700
From:   Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>
To:     Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>,
        Carlo Caione <ccaione@...libre.com>
Cc:     linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/10] ARM: dts: meson8b: update with SPDX Licence identifier

Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com> writes:

> Hi Neil,
>
> On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 4:39 PM Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com> wrote:
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm/boot/dts/meson8b.dtsi | 42 +---------------------------------
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 41 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/meson8b.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/meson8b.dtsi
>> index 800cd65fc50a..c38b0828b7ec 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/meson8b.dtsi
>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/meson8b.dtsi
>> @@ -1,47 +1,7 @@
>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR X11
>
> the GPL text below states "either version 2 of the License, or (at
> your option) any later version" so I believe this should be GPL-2.0+

The "at your option" here is key.  IMO, we should stick to the more
common kernel practice of GPL-2.0 unless the original author (Carlo
now Cc'd) wants to make it GPL-2.0+

Kevin