linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: check proper licensing of Devicetree bindings

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Message-Id: <20200129123334.388530-1-lkundrak@v3.sk>
Date:   Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:33:34 +0100
From:   Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>
To:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: check proper licensing of Devicetree bindings

According to Devicetree maintainers (see Link: below), the Devicetree
binding documents are preferrably licensed (GPL-2.0-only OR
BSD-2-Clause).

Let's check that. The actual check is a bit more relaxed, to allow more
liberal but compatible licensing (e.g. GPL-2.0-or-later OR
BSD-2-Clause).

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200108142132.GA4830@bogus/
Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e2976c3fe5ff8..ac93e98cddcee 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3111,6 +3111,11 @@ sub process {
 						WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG",
 						     "'$spdx_license' is not supported in LICENSES/...\n" . $herecurr);
 					}
+					if ($realfile =~ m@...cumentation/devicetree/bindings/@ &&
+					    not $spdx_license =~ /GPL-2\.0.*BSD-2-Clause/) {
+						WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG",
+						     "DT binding documents should be licensed (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)\n" . $herecurr);
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
-- 
2.24.1