linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: imx6-display5: Replace license text comment with SPDX identifier

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Message-ID: <eac01571-13cb-44a8-b724-76e1b2af4c0b@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 10:33:32 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Csókás Bence <csokas.bence@...lan.hu>,
 Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de>, 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
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: imx6-display5: Replace license text comment
 with SPDX identifier

On 13/08/2025 10:29, Csókás Bence wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 2025. 07. 09. 9:32, 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: Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de>
>> Signed-off-by: Bence Csókás <csokas.bence@...lan.hu>
> 
> So, what do you all think, is this patch acceptable?

Yes, you just need Acks from all contributors there.

Best regards,
Krzysztof