linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: dts: imx6-gw: Replace license text comment with SPDX identifier

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Message-ID: <CAJ+vNU2JZCpRdJqUn5mki31oziTMvmpz=oBjGcJoWhDTcvTHMA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 11:28:15 -0700
From: Tim Harvey <tharvey@...eworks.com>
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 v2] ARM: dts: imx6-gw: Replace license text comment with
 SPDX identifier

On Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM Bence Csókás <csokas.bence@...lan.hu> wrote:
>
> Replace verbatim license text with a `SPDX-License-Identifier`.
>
> The comment header 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: Tim Harvey <tharvey@...eworks.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bence Csókás <csokas.bence@...lan.hu>
> ---
> Fix up Device Tree files by replacing the license text in comment blocks
> by a `SPDX-License-Identifier`.
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Fix msg
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250702-gw-dts-lic-v1-1-7aac2d00488f@prolan.hu

Hi Bence,

Thank you.

Acked-by: Tim Harvey <tharvey@...eworks.com>

Best Regards,

Tim