From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752026AbeBHOJv (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Feb 2018 09:09:51 -0500 Received: from mail-wr0-f196.google.com ([209.85.128.196]:39918 "EHLO mail-wr0-f196.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750961AbeBHOJu (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Feb 2018 09:09:50 -0500 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x2241PjzSwb6sQFnBonAe4SiUZdq0KpSSla+IGnpeC8mU2kICPCO0I9o7qVqgbVo5zLLb4iRyrJ5PaIicuNLx2DQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <20180122102608.12565-1-philippe.cornu@st.com> <3169703.7pajs7FEnH@avalon> <2bf185e2-9b02-3632-dc9a-baf8f4109b44@st.com> <2205915.z0ubSpqczI@avalon> From: Philippe Ombredanne Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 15:09:08 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/bridge/synopsys: dsi: Adopt SPDX identifiers To: Benjamin Gaignard Cc: Laurent Pinchart , Philippe CORNU , Archit Taneja , Andrzej Hajda , David Airlie , Brian Norris , Bhumika Goyal , "dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Sandy Huang , Heiko Stubner , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-rockchip@lists.infradead.org" , Yannick FERTRE , Vincent ABRIOU , Alexandre TORGUE , Maxime Coquelin , Ludovic BARRE , Mickael REULIER Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Benjamin, On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 9:57 AM, Benjamin Gaignard wrote: > 2018-01-24 0:32 GMT+01:00 Laurent Pinchart : >> Hi Philippe, >> >> On Tuesday, 23 January 2018 12:25:51 EET Philippe CORNU wrote: >>> On 01/23/2018 12:30 AM, Laurent Pinchart wrote: >>> > On Monday, 22 January 2018 12:26:08 EET Philippe Cornu wrote: >>> >> Add SPDX identifiers to the Synopsys DesignWare MIPI DSI >>> >> host controller driver. >>> >> >>> >> Signed-off-by: Philippe Cornu >>> >> --- >>> >> >>> >> drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-mipi-dsi.c | 6 +----- >>> >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) >>> >> >>> >> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-mipi-dsi.c >>> >> b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-mipi-dsi.c index >>> >> 46b0e73404d1..e06836dec77c 100644 >>> >> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-mipi-dsi.c >>> >> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-mipi-dsi.c >>> >> @@ -1,12 +1,8 @@ >>> >> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 >>> > >>> > According to Documentation/process/license-rules.txt this would change >>> > the existing license. The correct identifier is GPL-2.0+. >>> >>> You are right, I did not put the correct identifier :( >>> >>> After reading more spdx.org, I wonder if the correct value should be >>> GPL-2.0-or-later instead of GPL-2.0+ >>> >>> https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0-or-later.html >>> https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0+.html >>> >>> What is your opinion? >> >> I agree in principle, and I've even asked for that before, but I've been told >> that we should stick to the license identifiers defined in Documentation/ >> process/license-rules.txt. The file might get updated to use GPL-2.0-or-later >> and GPL-2.0-only later, and kernel sources will likely then get patched in one >> go. > > + Philippe O. to check what I'm writing just below. > > In -next branch I only see reference to GPL-2.0+ identifier so for me > it fine to use it here. > Is that right ? or should we use GPL-2.0-or-later keyword ? Sorry for the late reply! IMHO it is essential to stick to what is in the kernel doc, meaning that you should not use the GPL-2.0-or-later identifier until it is part of the kernel doc. Otherwise this is going to be a mess ;) Consistency matters a lot. -- Cordially Philippe Ombredanne