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=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, T_DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,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 BD9B3C072B5 for ; Fri, 24 May 2019 05:20:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DF7521841 for ; Fri, 24 May 2019 05:20:31 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1558675231; bh=piGQX34zEkJWlDNM6HU9pLzDN0CylCt/pRCIPX2ZYm8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=IvXgUtRUkS5kFsBSR/A4xU86POtQqnNv/ab31BaEhiFdZcNElO6sBsPvxwLybJEP8 8ubj6smxVClc3tKDTD/+9roPwGM9b5OFN+zbcSrhJS2gGTT0+ogB0hNDvYUIZkPjuI Uj4EbmxP/dAWYtMGarZPh9uB4rubJPayuHN09zG4= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727134AbfEXFUb (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 May 2019 01:20:31 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:60828 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726601AbfEXFUb (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 May 2019 01:20:31 -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 7965A20657; Fri, 24 May 2019 05:20:29 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1558675230; bh=piGQX34zEkJWlDNM6HU9pLzDN0CylCt/pRCIPX2ZYm8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=R7Rlx4Kjrt9bBvvGcKVMgzrkjB1hDdm/VGNrQP3H9Ru4KiVQ/jb+3dBqUJms1dORW vWviMHe2f//uot6pQbSdDJkjm07Who/UW9ND6Gqi0xYKzhhjC2xC74C8kR8D8+S8Lq zw7/yPauvwZDwK+kHLcQonrvAMClqA703SZ84FVA= Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 07:20:26 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Richard Fontana Cc: J Lovejoy , "Bradley M. Kuhn" , linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Meta-question on GPL compliance of this activity Message-ID: <20190524052026.GA28229@kroah.com> References: <20190521210833.veltn74dcgic5zmw@ebb.org> <0995848C-11BE-47B1-86F9-F56D43541246@jilayne.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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 Fri, May 24, 2019 at 12:33:22AM -0400, Richard Fontana wrote: > > > IIUC, Thomas indicated in that thread that he could generate that information > > > later, but given that we already have consensus on the idea, it seems to me > > > it would be better if the patches themselves contained the moving of the > > > notice text from the individual files into the single file, rather than > > > reconstructing it on the back-end. Richard, what do you think about that? > > If I've followed these threads rightly it seems that this may not be a > practical solution, but I think something like this would be > preferable. It's not practical in any way at all. Again, please realize the size of our code base. thanks, greg k-h