From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753671AbdJTRto (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:49:44 -0400 Received: from www.llwyncelyn.cymru ([82.70.14.225]:54672 "EHLO fuzix.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753504AbdJTRtn (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:49:43 -0400 Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:49:30 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Thomas Gleixner , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, LKML , Kate Stewart , Philippe Ombredanne , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: add SPDX identifiers to all files in drivers/usb/ Message-ID: <20171020184930.6b8815a5@alans-desktop> In-Reply-To: <20171019091046.GA5712@kroah.com> References: <20171019083832.GA21820@kroah.com> <20171019085907.GA4044@kroah.com> <20171019091046.GA5712@kroah.com> Organization: Intel Corporation X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.14.1 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > But all that matters is the tag is there for tools to be able to extract > it properly. And if we have that, it doesn't matter what the comment > "style" would be, so might as well make it look "nicer". > > And, to take it to the next conclusion, if we have the SPDX identifier, > we can get rid of the "boilerplate" GPL license crap as well, right? An SPDX tag may not form a valid warranty disclaimer in many parts of the world while the header with correct document text in capitals does. So yes you can remove it, but since it used to have a disclaimer and you (aka Linux Foundation) potentially removed it you might want to have a little chat with their laywers about whether you risk assuming any liability as a result 8) I also don't think it would be appropriate to remove warranty disclaimers from third party material without the owners permission (or some surety from lawyers). Alan