From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94837C282CE for ; Wed, 22 May 2019 14:00:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66FDF21479 for ; Wed, 22 May 2019 14:00:18 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1558533618; bh=Fzm4D2/9KKu/SOR8d4m4F1u87QsU4yEUs6aEfbTZiOc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=I3OLvFQQ2PxeuliSPufy4Cw9QDHk9Gh8HLQ9kXHnMtyXbC6bRZ3Dy8Y3FvDI696fp 3nkXObEdQHjswxj4TCDwK5iS2niNh+ojn3VtOWq2GuSWSDIEtboi5iaFIwKH+RDurg PzYeX/1e1CSIIL/WfC0j6I04XWeLVDSEh+vGKc3I= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727975AbfEVOAS (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 May 2019 10:00:18 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:49966 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726770AbfEVOAR (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 May 2019 10:00:17 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CDF6221473; Wed, 22 May 2019 14:00:16 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1558533617; bh=Fzm4D2/9KKu/SOR8d4m4F1u87QsU4yEUs6aEfbTZiOc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=VEjaAHXzdhXtYbRsw5i5w8+9qclzec5DfGySFCcqZZVWB/4mHdruMjP0chfs8IdPy 6uW2V8AE1mZCBLU1dwBubRhva9YIFqu3SvP5jPVHsuivzhNWN1yS649haRLPP91gEY IbGywUQRulQGS2NVVmBcnp5+vpkhBIyfzdiTsku8= Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 16:00:14 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Allison Randal Cc: J Lovejoy , linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: clarification on -only and -or-later Message-ID: <20190522140014.GA8996@kroah.com> References: <13E71306-C67C-418B-AB71-2C926B3EA58E@jilayne.com> <20190521172435.aez323uuvjcghejd@ebb.org> <595412F8-2FA4-4898-8B98-0251D493CBDA@jilayne.com> <20190522132347.GC28920@kroah.com> <350495e0-12cb-ff16-69bd-94edf50db133@lohutok.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <350495e0-12cb-ff16-69bd-94edf50db133@lohutok.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.4 (2019-03-13) Sender: linux-spdx-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 09:53:48AM -0400, Allison Randal wrote: > On 5/22/19 2:23 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 12:05:37PM -0600, J Lovejoy wrote: > >> > >> I think what I was looking for here, was confirmation as to whether we > >> want to do the “literal” GPL-1.0-or-later option that the license > >> provides for, or trigger the option to “choose any version” and go > >> with GPL-2.0-or-later for consistency of v2 across the kernel and for > >> other reasons I believe you raised regarding GPL-1.0 > > > > I don't understand. Can you point to any files in the kernel where we > > have used the "GPL-1.0+" marking incorrectly? > > Jilayne's question wasn't about current usage in the kernel, it was > about what we should do in this cleanup process when we get to files > where the license notice doesn't have an explicit GPL version number or > include the "or later" text. Thomas hasn't gotten to those patterns yet > in his batch processing. Ah, ok. But note, we have already marked such files as "GPL-1.0+" in the past, so any change in that behavior would require us go back and change what we did, showing the justification for that. I would stick to the rule of what we have already done in these cases, it's simpler and seems to make sense of a crazy situation. thanks, greg k-h