Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Nov 2017 15:38:47 -0700 | From | Jonathan Corbet <> | Subject | Re: [patch V3 01/11] Documentation: Add license-rules.rst to describe how to properly identify file licenses |
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On Fri, 17 Nov 2017 10:48:57 +0100 (CET) Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> > > +The following describes the license of the Linux kernel source code > > > +(GPLv2), how to properly mark the license of individual files in the source > > > +tree, as well as links to the full license text. > > > + > > > +.. toctree:: > > > + :maxdepth: 2 > > > + > > > + process/license-rules.rst > > > + > > > > I'll confess that I'm not convinced that information on license identifiers > > is the very first thing readers should encounter when entering the kernel's > > documentation. But I'll not quibble about it for now, we can always move > > it later :) > > Any suggestions for a better place?
I'd put it into Documentation/process/index.rst. That is where we have put the rest of that kind of information - stuff that people who want to do kernel development need to know.
Other than that quibble, V4 looks good to me; toss in a
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
if you like.
Thanks,
jon
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