Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: thermal: samsung: Add SPDX license identifier

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>
Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>,
	Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@gmail.com>,
	linux-pm@vger.kernel.org,
	"linux-samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org" 
	<linux-samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Kukjin Kim <kgene@kernel.org>,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: thermal: samsung: Add SPDX license identifier
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 18:27:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJKOXPfTBE-tW81tocCfObb-pAwNmDjjv-BY6kHNkEuazm0pAA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2385592.z8yee4uxt4@amdc3058>

On 25 July 2018 at 16:43, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
<b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 10:03:12 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 06:46:35PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 10:02:50 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> > > Replace GPL license statement with SPDX license identifier (GPL-2.0+).
>> > >
>> > > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
>> > > ---
>> > >  include/dt-bindings/thermal/thermal_exynos.h | 12 +-----------
>> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)
>> > >
>> > > diff --git a/include/dt-bindings/thermal/thermal_exynos.h b/include/dt-bindings/thermal/thermal_exynos.h
>> > > index 0646500bca69..642e4e7f4084 100644
>> > > --- a/include/dt-bindings/thermal/thermal_exynos.h
>> > > +++ b/include/dt-bindings/thermal/thermal_exynos.h
>> > > @@ -1,19 +1,9 @@
>> > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
>> >
>> > This code should be GPL-2.0 only, original license statement is most
>> > likely result of using wrong file as the source of copy-paste. So I
>> > would like to have the license fixed first before doing conversion to
>> > SPDX.
>>
>> If you think that's the case, then it makes sense and please go ahead.
>> As fair as I remember this required signed-off from all contributors...
>> so probably just Lukasz and Eduardo?
>
> git blame shows just Lukasz so his Ack should be enough.
>
> I'm also fine with doing it in one patch like i.e. in commit a80ea4cb944e
> ("pata_bk3710: clarify license version and use SPDX header"), if you are
> also fine with it could you please re-spin the patch (+Cc: Lukasz)?

I do not have interest in changing the license, I do not want to deal
with possible legal issues so I'll skip it.

I am fine however with abandoning this patch if you or someone else
sends license change + SPDX.

Best regards,
Krzysztof