linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] LICENSES/LGPL-2.1: Add LGPL-2.1-or-later as valid identifiers

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Date:   Thu, 16 Dec 2021 20:30:14 +0800
From:   Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@...du.com>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
CC:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-spdx@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] LICENSES/LGPL-2.1: Add LGPL-2.1-or-later as valid
 identifiers

On 16 12月 21 13:17:35, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Some files have been flagged with the new LGPL-2.1-or-later
> identifier which replace the original LGPL-2.1+ in the SPDX license
> identifier specification, but the identifiers are not mentioned as
> valid in the LGPL-2.1 license file.
> 
> Add it, together with the LGPL-2.1-only at the the license file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
> ---
>  LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1 | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1 b/LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1
> index 27bb4342a3e8..b73f9b6230f5 100644
> --- a/LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1
> +++ b/LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1
> @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
>  Valid-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1
> +Valid-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-only
>  Valid-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
> +Valid-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
>  SPDX-URL: https://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-2.1.html
The URL is deprecated, do we need to update it together.
The same, GPL-2.0, LGPL-2.0
>  Usage-Guide:
>    To use this license in source code, put one of the following SPDX
> -- 
> 2.33.1
>