From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750909AbdKSEYn (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Nov 2017 23:24:43 -0500 Received: from mail-wm0-f66.google.com ([74.125.82.66]:33234 "EHLO mail-wm0-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750732AbdKSEYj (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Nov 2017 23:24:39 -0500 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMZJ+AYYBymJxMnCPXfR4hr48dF/vVaYStd/bhyX8fUL2+GK2ssbGr2w+d4zOJqgBx7+PVYcdLgkNEFHXfRIUrM= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <20171118091011.9061-1-martink@posteo.de> <20171118155318.6a1f3b3f@archlinux> From: harinath Nampally Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 23:23:57 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] iio: mma8452: replace license description with SPDX specifier To: Philippe Ombredanne Cc: Jonathan Cameron , Martin Kepplinger , Peter Meerwald-Stadler , lars@metafoo.de, knaack.h@gmx.de, linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, LKML , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Thomas Gleixner Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > This replaces the custom license information text with the appropriate > SPDX identifier. While the information here stays the same, it is easier > to read. > Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger > Acked-by: Peter Meerwald-Stadler Acked-by: Harinath Nampally On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Philippe Ombredanne wrote: > On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 4:53 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote: >> On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 10:10:11 +0100 >> Martin Kepplinger wrote: >> >>> This replaces the custom license information text with the appropriate >>> SPDX identifier. While the information here stays the same, it is easier >>> to read. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger >>> Acked-by: Peter Meerwald-Stadler >> >> I'm not 100% sure the intent of the SPDX work is to remove >> existing licence text. So far the big sets have only been >> adding tags to files missing their licenses entirely... >> >> Anyone found any specific guidance on this? > > Jonathan: > you might want to check the doc patches from tglx [1] as well as > several related patches from greg k-h such as these [2] and his > initial pull [3] > > To get a lot of details you can check all the recent SPDX-related posts too [4] > > [1] https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=151051532322831&w=2 > [2] https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=151068111802610&w=2 > [3] https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150963579219623&w=2 > [4] https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&w=2&r=1&s=spdx&q=b > -- > Cordially > Philippe Ombredanne