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

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Date:   Fri, 26 Jun 2020 16:11:52 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        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>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        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 Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 10:32:55AM +0200, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 26/6/20 6:33, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 10:06:03PM +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.
> > 
> > They are just fine, leave it alone, the in-kernel LICENSES/ files show
> > the valid SPDX tags that the kernel allows at this point in time.
> > 
> 
> I guess my confusion comes from seeing patch series doing this change in the ML
> instead of really reading the documentation. If it's clear, and as per in-kernel
> docs, it is, that a GPL-2.0 tag is a GPL-2.0 only license, that's fine with me.

It is clear, no churn needed, thanks!

greg k-h