Re: [RFC v2] MEDIA: Driver for ON Semi AR0521 camera sensor

From: "Krzysztof Hałasa" <khalasa@piap.pl>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
	Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
	linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v2] MEDIA: Driver for ON Semi AR0521 camera sensor
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:22:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3wnqj4ct3.fsf@t19.piap.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YNR9CS/PfG7s1e71@kroah.com> (Greg KH's message of "Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:39:37 +0200")

Hi Greg,

Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 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?
That would be crazy.

How about a book, e.g. describing a patch submission process (but not
a copy of kernel's Documentation). The same?

Also - in all countries? Most of them?

Come on.

Then why would we need the Signed-off-by?
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.
-- 
Krzysztof Hałasa

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