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=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,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 CECD1C28CC0 for ; Wed, 29 May 2019 18:09:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A729C2184B for ; Wed, 29 May 2019 18:09:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727386AbfE2SJB (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 May 2019 14:09:01 -0400 Received: from mail.fsf.org ([209.51.188.13]:57521 "EHLO mail.fsf.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727017AbfE2SJB (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 May 2019 14:09:01 -0400 Received: from cpe-98-26-42-91.nc.res.rr.com ([98.26.42.91]:55840 helo=localhost) by mail.fsf.org with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1hW30V-00029d-Ff; Wed, 29 May 2019 14:08:59 -0400 Received: from johnsu01 by localhost with local (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1hW30T-0003nH-4J; Wed, 29 May 2019 14:08:57 -0400 From: John Sullivan To: Richard Fontana Cc: Thomas Gleixner , linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Batch 10 patch 02/24] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 202 References: <20190528171003.338128414@linutronix.de> <20190528171438.217958884@linutronix.de> Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 14:08:57 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Richard Fontana's message of "Wed, 29 May 2019 13:39:25 -0400") Message-ID: <87imttdtfq.fsf@wjsullivan.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-detected-operating-system: by mail.fsf.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] Sender: linux-spdx-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org Richard Fontana writes: > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 1:17 PM Thomas Gleixner wrote: >> >> From: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de >> >> Based on 1 normalized pattern(s): >> >> the code contained herein is licensed under the gnu general public >> license you may obtain a copy of the gnu general public license >> version 2 at the following locations http www opensource org >> licenses gpl license html http www gnu org copyleft gpl html >> >> extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier >> >> GPL-2.0-only >> >> has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 3 file(s). >> >> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner > > I am inclined to disagree with the conclusion here. This seems > ambiguous as to the applicable version. At least it ought to merit > further discussion. > Me too. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7 5544 97BA 9CE7 61A0 963B https://status.fsf.org/johns | https://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at .