linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kvm/ioapic: Remove license boilerplate with bad FSF address

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Message-ID: <2025072843-browbeat-rocket-c549@gregkh>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 17:07:20 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: "Marc-Etienne Vargenau (Nokia)" <marc-etienne.vargenau@...ia.com>
Cc: Thomas Huth <thuth@...hat.com>, Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-spdx@...r.kernel.org" <linux-spdx@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kvm/ioapic: Remove license boilerplate with bad
 FSF address

On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 02:59:26PM +0000, Marc-Etienne Vargenau (Nokia) wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> That should be:
> // SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
> not
> // SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
> 
> « LGPL-2.1+ » is deprecated
> https://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-2.1+.html

The kernel does not differenciate between the two at this point in time,
sorry.  Either is fine for now.

Only AFTER we actually tag all files in the tree will we worry about
silly things like this.

thanks,

greg k-h