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=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_MUTT 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 823D7C4321D for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:31:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A72A208FE for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:31:41 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 2A72A208FE Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728153AbeHVW5t (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2018 18:57:49 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:35724 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726098AbeHVW5t (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2018 18:57:49 -0400 Received: from localhost (5355525A.cm-6-6b.dynamic.ziggo.nl [83.85.82.90]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A078FCB7; Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:31:37 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 21:31:33 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Philippe Ombredanne Cc: Fabio Estevam , Wolfram Sang , Wolfram Sang , Linux-Renesas , Kuninori Morimoto , Wolfgang Grandegger , Marc Kleine-Budde , "David S. Miller" , linux-can@vger.kernel.org, netdev , linux-kernel , Thomas Gleixner Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/11] can: rcar: use SPDX identifier for Renesas drivers Message-ID: <20180822193133.GA1613@kroah.com> References: <20180821220233.9202-1-wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com> <20180821220233.9202-6-wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com> <20180822063005.535lytz7hl32rsha@katana> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 08:16:45PM +0200, Philippe Ombredanne wrote: > Hi Fabio, > On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 2:55 PM, Fabio Estevam wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 3:30 AM, Wolfram Sang wrote: > >> > >>> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later > >>> > >>> According to Documentation/process/license-rules.rst the format should > >>> be like this instead: > >>> > >>> // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ > >> > >> According to https://spdx.org/licenses/ it should be what I did above. > > > > Previous advice I saw was to follow the format described in > > Documentation/process/license-rules.rst > > > > Greg/Philippe, > > > > Any inputs on this matter? > > > > Thanks > > IMHO we should always treat and use the > Documentation/process/license-rules.rst as the reference and not SPDX > proper who moves at its own pace and evolves its specs and license ids > independently of where we stand in the kernel. > If this is not right Doc patches are welcomed! > In this is very specific case this has been discussed on list a few > times. If I recall correctly Thomas also had an opinion on this... > So you are correct and this should be for now: > // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ That is correct, stick with that format/version for now please. thanks, greg k-h