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

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Message-ID: <20250813115646.29a08c1c@wsk>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:56:55 +0200
From: Łukasz Majewski <lukasz.majewski@...lbox.org>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Cc: Csókás Bence <csokas.bence@...lan.hu>, 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: dts: imx6-display5: Replace license text comment
 with SPDX identifier

On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 10:33:32 +0200
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org> wrote:

> 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.
> 

Acked-by: Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de>

> Best regards,
> Krzysztof



-- 
Best regards,

Łukasz Majewski