Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Feb 2018 17:12:46 +0100 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6] checkpatch.pl: Add SPDX license tag check |
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On Fri, Feb 02, 2018 at 05:49:20PM +0200, Igor Stoppa wrote: > On 02/02/18 17:40, Rob Herring wrote: > > Add SPDX license tag check based on the rules defined in > > Shouldn't it also check that the license is compatible?
Baby steps please :)
> [...] > > > + } elsif ($realfile =~ /\.rst$/) { > > + $comment = '..'; > > What is the correct/acceptable license for documentation? > Creative Commons? AFAIK GPL is for source code. > > Googling didn't bring the wished-for enlightenment.
It depends on what you want to allow the documentation to be used for. It's not a simple answer :(
thanks,
greg k-h
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