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SubjectRe: [PATCH 18/22] docs: trace: ring-buffer-design.txt: convert to ReST format
On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 08:50:23 +0200
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> wrote:

[CC += Steve]

> - Just like some media documents, this file is dual licensed
> with GPL and GFDL. As right now the GFDL SPDX definition is
> bogus (as it doesn't tell anything about invariant parts),
> let's not use SPDX here. Let's use, instead, the same test
> as we have on media.

The dual-licensing really can't be expressed with an SPDX tag? Because...

[...]

> +.. This file is dual-licensed: you can use it either under the terms
> +.. of the GPL 2.0 or the GFDL 1.2+ license, at your option. Note that this
> +.. dual licensing only applies to this file, and not this project as a
> +.. whole.
> +..
> +.. a) This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> +.. modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
> +.. published by the Free Software Foundation version 2 of
> +.. the License.
> +..
> +.. This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> +.. but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> +.. MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
> +.. GNU General Public License for more details.
> +..
> +.. Or, alternatively,
> +..
> +.. b) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
> +.. document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
> +.. Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
> +.. Foundation, with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts
> +.. and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is available at
> +.. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html
> +..
> +.. TODO: replace it to GPL-2.0 OR GFDL-1.2-or-later WITH no-invariant-sections

...adding all that boilerplate is kind of a bummer.

At a minimum I'd want an ack from Steve (who wasn't copied) before
applying this, but it would be better to add a bit more SPDX
infrastructure to express this if possible.

Thanks,

jon

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