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

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Message-ID: <db71a9dd-72b0-47ef-a7f0-bd527262c4e9@prolan.hu>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:29:29 +0200
From: Csókás Bence <csokas.bence@...lan.hu>
To: 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>
CC: <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <imx@...ts.linux.dev>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Marcin Niestroj <m.niestroj@...nn-global.com>, Piotr Figlarek
	<piotr.figlarek@...nn-global.com>, Marcin Niestroj <m.niestroj@....dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: dts: imx6-litesom: Replace license text comment
 with SPDX identifier

Hi,

On 2025. 07. 09. 9:31, Bence Csókás 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: Marcin Niestroj <m.niestroj@...nn-global.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bence Csókás <csokas.bence@...lan.hu>

+Cc: Piotr Figlarek

> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Fix msg
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250702-litesom-dts-lic-v1-1-401e4d141bf0@prolan.hu
> ---
>   arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ul-liteboard.dts | 38 +-------------------------
>   arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ul-litesom.dtsi  | 38 +-------------------------
>   2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 74 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ul-liteboard.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ul-liteboard.dts
> index 5e62272acfba..7a4127670a6f 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ul-liteboard.dts
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ul-liteboard.dts
> @@ -1,44 +1,8 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR MIT)
>   /*
>    * Copyright 2016 Grinn
>    *
>    * Author: Marcin Niestroj <m.niestroj@...nn-global.com>
> - *
> - * This file is dual-licensed: you can use it either under the terms
> - * of the GPL or the X11 license, at your option. Note that this dual
> - * licensing only applies to this file, and not this project as a
> - * whole.
> - *
> - *  a) This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> - *     modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
> - *     version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
> - *
> - *     This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> - *     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> - *     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> - *     GNU General Public License for more details.
> - *
> - * Or, alternatively,
> - *
> - *  b) Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
> - *     obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
> - *     files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
> - *     restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
> - *     copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
> - *     sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
> - *     Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
> - *     conditions:
> - *
> - *     The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
> - *     included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
> - *
> - *     THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
> - *     EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
> - *     OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
> - *     NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
> - *     HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
> - *     WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
> - *     FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
> - *     OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
>    */
>   
>   /dts-v1/;
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ul-litesom.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ul-litesom.dtsi
> index 8d6893210842..c387753f833b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ul-litesom.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ul-litesom.dtsi
> @@ -1,44 +1,8 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR MIT)
>   /*
>    * Copyright 2016 Grinn
>    *
>    * Author: Marcin Niestroj <m.niestroj@...nn-global.com>
> - *
> - * This file is dual-licensed: you can use it either under the terms
> - * of the GPL or the X11 license, at your option. Note that this dual
> - * licensing only applies to this file, and not this project as a
> - * whole.
> - *
> - *  a) This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> - *     modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
> - *     version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
> - *
> - *     This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> - *     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> - *     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> - *     GNU General Public License for more details.
> - *
> - * Or, alternatively,
> - *
> - *  b) Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
> - *     obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
> - *     files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
> - *     restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
> - *     copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
> - *     sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
> - *     Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
> - *     conditions:
> - *
> - *     The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
> - *     included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
> - *
> - *     THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
> - *     EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
> - *     OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
> - *     NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
> - *     HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
> - *     WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
> - *     FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
> - *     OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
>    */
>   
>   #include "imx6ul.dtsi"
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 66701750d5565c574af42bef0b789ce0203e3071
> change-id: 20250702-litesom-dts-lic-ad9774ebde3d
> 
> Best regards,