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=-2.3 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_SANE_1 autolearn=no 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 3EB12C3A589 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2019 05:08:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01DBA21019 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2019 05:08:42 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1566104923; bh=7ye8SJKN3z2Yiz1SJWfTD402oJVGmg7jSq+c6FjZt18=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=XhMBxU9H7P23HgLPcDfUa5Zpimo706hwug8jme3Jk8R/dW8Qey1g5POvU9gCBkvIt dLGPkBsuMXqDwGZAsln1yfMZNfTunXlxpt7I4+Y3dSctpSMkNH84EV9YdmDw7shSml PJiCzms8ilIBxU7iy3h0Tw4fXzW5+2E6YaTYR22Q= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726079AbfHRFIm (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Aug 2019 01:08:42 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:38854 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725942AbfHRFIm (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Aug 2019 01:08:42 -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 EABBE2086C; Sun, 18 Aug 2019 05:08:40 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1566104921; bh=7ye8SJKN3z2Yiz1SJWfTD402oJVGmg7jSq+c6FjZt18=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=IvEmHXdDhxak55KQ8qfc6ptbyoQuxITaMOW/T4vzsy1SzAfd7fq3YvTGlC9a56TTp beFr+S3BNh7YhxU2RwTXX82AJewiUoPCeUWQ1YJJj1ny7pbZ/F60d+YWuXDqAous6Z 9fam/iwyMdnqKGXw3+7Vs9DeKqgVrQ+HKOLd7P6Y= Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 07:08:39 +0200 From: Greg KH To: J Lovejoy Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: some ideas on guidelines Message-ID: <20190818050839.GA5519@kroah.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) Sender: linux-spdx-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 01:55:23PM -0600, J Lovejoy wrote: > > #4 Where the file contains a license notice that clearly states > > the file is licensed under “GPL” with no indication of version > > number and no other license information whatsoever —> ADD SPDX > > identifier for GPL-2.0-or-later Rationale: This is consistent with > > the text of the license which states, “If the Program does not > > specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version > > ever published by the Free Software Foundation.” Because the Linux > > kernel is well-known to be licensed under GPL-2.0-only and use of > > GPL-1.0 is generally sparse, it within the options given in the > > license text to choose GPL-2.0-or-later in this case. Doing so more > > easily enables use of such files beyond the Linux kernel. > > Please confirm that everyone agrees with this approach, in particular > that we would leave the existing license notice in place and simply > ADD the SPDX Identifier. Sorry, I missed this one. No, I do not agree with this as the kernel has never been "2 or later" for the main license. "2-only" should be what is done here as that reflects the license of the kernel as a whole. Also, I think we caught most of these files already that had this type of marking, so I don't know if it's even an issue anymore, is it? And no one except HURD is going to be trying to use Linux files in other projects :) thanks, greg k-h