Hi.
In this development cycle of Linux kernel,
lots of files were converted to use SPDX
instead of the license boilerplate.
However.
Some files were imported from a different project,
and are periodically synchronized with the upstream.
Have we discussed what to do about this case?
For example, scripts/dtc/ is the case.
The files in scripts/dtc/ are synced with the upstream
device tree compiler.
Rob Herring periodically runs scripts/dtc/update-dtc-source.sh
to import outcome from the upstream.
The upstream DTC has not adopted SPDX yet.
Some files in Linux (e.g. scripts/dtc/dtc.c)
have been converted to SPDX.
So, they are out of sync now.
The license boilerplate will come back
when Rob runs scripts/dtc/update-dtc-source.sh
next time.
What shall we do?
[1] Convert upstream DTC to SPDX
This will be a happy solution if it is acceptable in DTC.
Since we cannot push the decision of the kernel to a different
project, this is totally up to David Gibson.
[2] Change scripts/dtc/update-dtc-source.sh to
take care of the license block somehow
[3] Go back to license boilerplate, and keep the files
synced with the upstream
(and scripts/dtc/ should be excluded from the
SPDX conversion tool.)
Or, what else?
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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada
