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

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Message-ID: <aKU7leerEAZHf4Qr@dragon>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:05:57 +0800
From: Shawn Guo <shawnguo2@...h.net>
To: Csókás Bence <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,
	Lothar Waßmann <LW@...o-electronics.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: dts: imx6-karo: Replace license text comment
 with SPDX identifier

On Thu, Aug 07, 2025 at 04:46:26PM +0200, Csókás Bence wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 2025. 07. 03. 11:09, 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: Lothar Waßmann <LW@...O-electronics.de>
> > Acked-By: Lothar Waßmann <LW@...O-electronics.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Bence Csókás <csokas.bence@...lan.hu>
> > ---
> > Changes in v2:
> > - fix message tags and typos
> > - collect Lothar's Ack
> 
> So, what do you think, is this patch acceptable now this way?

Hmm, I applied it [1], didn't I?

Shawn

https://lore.kernel.org/all/aGuOO36kkTWtM2yy@dragon/