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=-6.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no 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 AB9ACC49EA5 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2021 13:29:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A451613DA for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2021 13:29:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231181AbhFXNbf (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2021 09:31:35 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:55530 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229878AbhFXNbe (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2021 09:31:34 -0400 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DCFAA613C3; Thu, 24 Jun 2021 13:29:14 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1624541355; bh=h70nRGod0M7cItycXFNIenZ2aFCNyMyKeP1QnSyOXIM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=aJzt5kNViiP1ZEz8Nt1sazW+J8SA+wFcKnwWMJd+yLI8xzGyZfB6G9Kx41HUexYQJ iS+axL81+sAdTopFu6Z1fM54ehwSwGvkcCkSMi8XTqB/jbd8qgistH21/hcvp1EcD0 wCGio9r8YQEOqr0aTaAKniU7uedo4Mg14EkS1J40= Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:29:13 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Krzysztof =?utf-8?Q?Ha=C5=82asa?= Cc: Laurent Pinchart , Kieran Bingham , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC v2] MEDIA: Driver for ON Semi AR0521 camera sensor Message-ID: References: <42958029-5625-5f4d-a075-2f59a74e0fb5@ideasonboard.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 03:22:48PM +0200, Krzysztof Hałasa wrote: > Hi Greg, > > Greg KH writes: > > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > > > Putting the above line on a file _IS_ a legal declaration that the file > > is released under GPL-2.0. It's pretty simple :) > > Do you think putting this line anywhere, in any file, does it? Yes. > That would be crazy. Nope, that's how license declarations work. Please discuss this with a lawyer if you are confused. > How about a book, e.g. describing a patch submission process (but not > a copy of kernel's Documentation). The same? That does not make sense, please explain. > Also - in all countries? Most of them? Yes. > Come on. > > Then why would we need the Signed-off-by? S-o-b is a DIFFERENT thing entirely. Please go read the DCO for what you are agreeing to there, it is a declaration for what you are doing. > From my perspective, the SPDX-License-Identifier is only meaningful when > the file is actually a part of the kernel, or if, at least, it's been > presented for merge, with Signed-off-by etc. Not true at all, sorry. Same for a Copyright line. Again, if you have questions about this, please contact your company lawyer, they will be glad to explain it in detail to you. greg k-h