linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] platform/chrome: Clarify SPDX license with GPL-2.0-only

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Message-ID: <20200626104513.GQ3703480@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 26 Jun 2020 13:45:13 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Collabora Kernel ML <kernel@...labora.com>,
        groeck@...omium.org, Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...omium.org>,
        Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@...omium.org>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        Bernardo Perez Priego <bernardo.perez.priego@...el.com>,
        Daniel Campello <campello@...omium.org>,
        Enrico Granata <egranata@...omium.org>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>,
        Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Nick Crews <ncrews@...omium.org>,
        Pi-Hsun Shih <pihsun@...omium.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>,
        Wen Yang <wenyang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Yicheng Li <yichengli@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/chrome: Clarify SPDX license with GPL-2.0-only

On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 12:52:21PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2020-06-25 at 22:35 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 10:33 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > <andy.shevchenko@...il.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 10:29 PM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2020-06-25 at 22:06 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 9:25 PM Enric Balletbo i Serra
> > > > > <enric.balletbo@...labora.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Remove the ambiguity with GPL-2.0 and use an explicit GPL-2.0-only
> > > > > > tag.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Is there any? Last time IIRC Greg told me that in the kernel the old
> > > > > and new variants are okay.
> > > > 
> > > > If there wasn't any ambiguity, the older license
> > > > style wouldn't be deprecated by SPDX.org.
> > > 
> > > They are _not_ deprecated according to kernel documentation:
> > > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0
> > > 
> > > So, fix documentation in the kernel then.
> > 
> > That said, NAK to the patch as long as in-kernel documentation says it's valid.
> 
> Maintainers and authors should get to chose whatever
> license text they prefer with the assent of the licensors.
> 
> A NAK here by you doesn't make much sense to me.

Yes, it's a private opinion from a PDx86 maintainer.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko