linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm: DT: imx6: Replace license text comment with SPDX identifier

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Message-ID: <20250630063937.589bc18d@karo-electronics.de>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 06:39:37 +0200
From: Lothar Waßmann <LW@...O-electronics.de>
To: Bence Csókás <csokas.bence@...lan.hu>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
 "Sascha Hauer" <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>, Pengutronix Kernel Team
 <kernel@...gutronix.de>, Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
 <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <imx@...ts.linux.dev>,
 <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm: DT: imx6: Replace license text comment with SPDX
 identifier

Hi,

On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:19:56 +0200 Bence Csókás wrote:
> Replace verbatim license text with a SPDX-License-Identifier:
> 
> The comment heades mis-attributes this license to be "X11", but the
> license text does not include the last line "Except as contained in this
> notice, the name of the X Consortium shall not be used in advertising or
> otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software
> without prior written authorization from the X Consortium.". Therefore,
> this license is actually equivalent to the SPDX "MIT" license (confirmed
> by text diffing).
> 
> Cc: Lothar Waßmann <LW@...O-electronics.de>
> Signed-off-by: Bence Csókás <csokas.bence@...lan.hu>
> ---
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx53-tx53-x03x.dts      | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx53-tx53-x13x.dts      | 44 +---------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx53-tx53.dtsi          | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6dl-tx6dl-comtft.dts  | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6dl-tx6s-8034-mb7.dts | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6dl-tx6s-8034.dts     | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6dl-tx6s-8035-mb7.dts | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6dl-tx6s-8035.dts     | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6dl-tx6u-801x.dts     | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6dl-tx6u-8033-mb7.dts | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6dl-tx6u-8033.dts     | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6dl-tx6u-80xx-mb7.dts | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6dl-tx6u-811x.dts     | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6dl-tx6u-81xx-mb7.dts | 38 +------------------
>  .../boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-tx6q-1010-comtft.dts    | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-tx6q-1010.dts      | 38 +------------------
>  .../boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-tx6q-1020-comtft.dts    | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-tx6q-1020.dts      | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-tx6q-1036-mb7.dts  | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-tx6q-1036.dts      | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-tx6q-10x0-mb7.dts  | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-tx6q-1110.dts      | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-tx6q-11x0-mb7.dts  | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6qdl-tx6-lcd.dtsi     | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6qdl-tx6-lvds.dtsi    | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6qdl-tx6-mb7.dtsi     | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6qdl-tx6.dtsi         | 38 +------------------
>  .../arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6qp-tx6qp-8037-mb7.dts | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6qp-tx6qp-8037.dts    | 38 +------------------
>  .../arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6qp-tx6qp-8137-mb7.dts | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6qp-tx6qp-8137.dts    | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ul-tx6ul-0010.dts    | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ul-tx6ul-0011.dts    | 38 +------------------
>  .../boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ul-tx6ul-mainboard.dts    | 38 +------------------
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ul-tx6ul.dtsi        | 38 +------------------
>  35 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 1301 deletions(-)
> 
[...]
> ---
> base-commit: 86731a2a651e58953fc949573895f2fa6d456841
> change-id: 20250624-karo-dts-lic-2f7366e6feb4
> 
Acked-By: Lothar Waßmann <LW@...O-electronics.de>


Lothar Waßmann