Messages in this thread | | | From | Andy Shevchenko <> | Date | Thu, 25 Jun 2020 22:35:47 +0300 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] platform/chrome: Clarify SPDX license with GPL-2.0-only |
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On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 10:33 PM Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 10:29 PM Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 2020-06-25 at 22:06 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 9:25 PM Enric Balletbo i Serra > > > <enric.balletbo@collabora.com> wrote: > > > > Remove the ambiguity with GPL-2.0 and use an explicit GPL-2.0-only > > > > tag. > > > > > > Is there any? Last time IIRC Greg told me that in the kernel the old > > > and new variants are okay. > > > > If there wasn't any ambiguity, the older license > > style wouldn't be deprecated by SPDX.org. > > They are _not_ deprecated according to kernel documentation: > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 > > So, fix documentation in the kernel then.
That said, NAK to the patch as long as in-kernel documentation says it's valid.
-- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
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