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

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Message-ID: <aMKEF4wAeET3Ntus@stjenka.localdomain>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 08:11:04 +0000
From: Andrej Rosano <andrej.rosano@...ersec.com>
To: Bence Csókás <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" <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>, Andrej Rosano <andrej@...ersepath.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] ARM: dts: imx53-usbarmory: Replace license text
 comment with SPDX identifier

On 2025-08-14 Thu, 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>
> ---
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx53-usbarmory.dts | 39 +--------------------------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 38 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx53-usbarmory.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx53-usbarmory.dts
> index acc44010d510695b28dc8e6599ba006856a89efb..3ad9db4b144254f5400ce894f99fb038e51f64f4 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx53-usbarmory.dts
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx53-usbarmory.dts
> @@ -1,47 +1,10 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-or-later OR MIT)
>  /*
>   * USB armory MkI device tree file
>   * https://inversepath.com/usbarmory
>   *
>   * Copyright (C) 2015, Inverse Path
>   * Andrej Rosano <andrej@...ersepath.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 as
> - *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
> - *     License, or (at your option) any later version.
> - *
> - *     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/;
> 
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 
> 

Acked-by: Andrej Rosano <andrej.rosano@...ersec.com>

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