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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: spdxcheck.py complains about the second OR?
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 15:53:40 -0800
Message-ID: <20191104235340.GA13961@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1911042310040.17054@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>

On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 11:11:53PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Nov 2019, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > scripts/spdxcheck.py warns the following two files.
> > 
> > $ ./scripts/spdxcheck.py
> > drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_if.h: 1:52 Syntax error: OR
> > drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_regs.h: 1:52 Syntax error: OR
> > 
> > I do not understand what is wrong with them.
> > 
> > I think "A OR B OR C" is sane.
> 
> Yes it is, but obviously we did not expect files with 3 possible
> alternative licenses.

And I'm kinda happy about this warning because people are overdoing it.
There is no point for the Linux-OpenIB license in this case, as it
is just a BSD license with copy and paste errors.  I think the right
fix is to ask the authors to just drop it.

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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-11-01  4:25 Masahiro Yamada
2019-11-04 22:11 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-11-04 22:24   ` Joe Perches
2019-11-05 10:11     ` Zavras, Alexios
2019-11-05 15:10       ` Joe Perches
2019-11-11  9:37         ` Zavras, Alexios
2019-11-05 15:47     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-11-04 23:53   ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
     [not found]     ` <CAG_66ZQ3f39bv=0Yw=Eum0vcxbf94mmXE9jdJUpi6+gEEqkS8A@mail.gmail.com>
2019-11-05 14:28       ` Christoph Hellwig

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