linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] ARM: dts: imx53-usbarmory: Replace license text comment with SPDX identifier

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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:29:44 +0800
From: Shawn Guo <shawnguo2@...h.net>
To: Andrej Rosano <andrej.rosano@...ersec.com>
Cc: Csókás Bence <csokas.bence@...lan.hu>,
	Andrea Barisani <andrea@...ersepath.com>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"imx@...ts.linux.dev" <imx@...ts.linux.dev>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] ARM: dts: imx53-usbarmory: Replace license text
 comment with SPDX identifier

On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 12:01:02PM +0000, Andrej Rosano wrote:
> Hi Bence,
> 
> yes, we agree.

Andrej, could you give an explicit Acked-by tag for this patch?

Shawn

> On 2025-09-09 Tue, Csókás Bence wrote:
> > [You don't often get email from csokas.bence@...lan.hu. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ]
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On 2025. 08. 14. 9:47, 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: Andrej Rosano <andrej@...ersepath.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Bence Csókás <csokas.bence@...lan.hu>
> > 
> > +To: Andrea Barisani <andrea@...ersepath.com>
> > 
> > Andrej, Andrea, do you agree with this?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Bence
> > 
> 
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