Re: [PATCH 03/12] media: mt9m001: convert to SPDX license identifer

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On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 11:20:29PM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> 2019年1月7日(月) 20:37 Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > Hi Mita-san,
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 02:12:45AM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> > > Replace GPL license statements with SPDX license identifiers (GPL-2.0).
> > >
> > > Cc: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@xxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/media/i2c/mt9m001.c | 5 +----
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m001.c b/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m001.c
> > > index a1a85ff..65ff59d 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m001.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m001.c
> > > @@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
> > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > >  /*
> > >   * Driver for MT9M001 CMOS Image Sensor from Micron
> > >   *
> > >   * Copyright (C) 2008, Guennadi Liakhovetski <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > - *
> > > - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> > > - * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
> > > - * published by the Free Software Foundation.
> > >   */
> > >
> > >  #include <linux/videodev2.h>
> >
> > The MODULE_LICENSE macro at the end of the file lists "GPL" as the license,
> > i.e. including later versions. I'm not sure what was the intention
> > originally. I guess it's safer to stick to 2.0, at least unless the
> > original author is able to shed some light into this.
> 
> I've come across the same thought, and I found the following conversation.
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/6/24/457
> 
> So I think MODULE_LICENSE() mismatch can be resolved in the future.

I don't see a reason to postpone it. Strictly speaking, for GPL 2+ we'd
need an approval from anyone who has submitted patches to the file. For GPL
v2 it'd be just a patch that fixes the MODULE_LICENSE.

-- 
Sakari Ailus
sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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