linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: octeon: Add the license identifier

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Message-ID: <20200723083038.GA1525929@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 23 Jul 2020 10:30:38 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Muhammad Usama Anjum <musamaanjum@...il.com>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: octeon: Add the license identifier

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 08:39:53PM +0500, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
> This patch fixes the checkpatch.pl warning:
> WARNING: Missing or malformed SPDX-License-Identifier tag
> 
> Add a the SPDX-License-Identifier tag on line 1
> 
> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <musamaanjum@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/octeon/octeon-stubs.h | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/octeon-stubs.h b/drivers/staging/octeon/octeon-stubs.h
> index d06743504f2b..889b7c80666d 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/octeon/octeon-stubs.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/octeon-stubs.h
> @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +

How do you know this is the correct license for this file?

Please include how you came to this decision in the changelog text when
you resend it.

thanks,

greg k-h