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=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED 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 F3462C04AB3 for ; Mon, 27 May 2019 14:05:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7D9B20717 for ; Mon, 27 May 2019 14:05:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726268AbfE0OFH (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 May 2019 10:05:07 -0400 Received: from mail-vs1-f43.google.com ([209.85.217.43]:41161 "EHLO mail-vs1-f43.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726184AbfE0OFH (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 May 2019 10:05:07 -0400 Received: by mail-vs1-f43.google.com with SMTP id w19so10586831vsw.8 for ; Mon, 27 May 2019 07:05:06 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=nYz/hDoK+NFFYMFrs+41C/n4+BUCukYTZXRxQ/4APxs=; b=qH0ZPuXPGJRHqaTSD+vvkaqyzud/VddOTs/e+9Sb2GxAdsQRq1OKctwpZHgikIj5G+ LYOZXs78gZKD6VJAlyOVPRV1HybluVhu2eeY4AxhiVskktoQCHfrH2BmIJk0Hk2n5f9F 7M4P3KcGtsz2DZJiE7HUqW2enUxa4Q5hq/+sjpxIta2Udla8FgrgshHr2pGs+klIewdE CvQKJltaVuxtLmI4si5N9nBlA9zQmo0SaRNp2tTvYsfzmZnkB5hd/S285vYvRLzAh2Ir srW91ydg9BzGDF+yAicSx+BXxfd5kPx8lf8xxJ179kcbrMnHk4lFLwdI5b5pEaLDqEvZ A8Lw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXWxOUaMRl1y6gz7kgai0kEBerMghifkTmXkpteuQDKHgu3PR0p aSyIwTHCR06FAi85unRgJP5LeIxYx4YQc35KbytvxsxO X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqz7Ff2Ei/C06BZaOC4ifV/kJw0ycgMXe0qFtDODTXzeODUXSUq2DmNeonEAHB16WDLZRhxI2F2nmxIeYAPO0dc= X-Received: by 2002:a67:ea0d:: with SMTP id g13mr20316991vso.137.1558965906217; Mon, 27 May 2019 07:05:06 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20190527065459.647681500@linutronix.de> <20190527070033.929121379@linutronix.de> <20190527135104.GA6905@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20190527135104.GA6905@kroah.com> From: Richard Fontana Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 10:04:55 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Batch 8 patch 15/23] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 166 To: Greg KH Cc: Thomas Gleixner , linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-spdx-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 9:51 AM Greg KH wrote: > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 09:37:50AM -0400, Richard Fontana wrote: [...] > > Red Hat copyrights can be treated as GPL-2.0-or-later, if that is desired. > > > > [...] > > Are you sure you can do that? If the code was based on a work that was > from GPL-2.0-only you can't, right? :) Not sure I agree, but maybe not worth getting into on this list, or in this context anyway. > Please, let's not get into the "oh, you can change the license of all > files from company X" business with regards to these semi-automated > conversions. That's just going to add work and make things more > complex. > > Feel free to relicense your company's files at a later point in time, > just submit a patch to the kernel like any other developer :) Okay, fair enough! Henceforth I will not comment on GPLv2-only notices associated with Red Hat copyrights in these reviews. Richard