Re: [PATCH v2 7/8] drm/vmwgfx: add SPDX idenitifier and clarify license

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> On May 8, 2018, at 2:57 AM, Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> IIRC "LFC191: Compliance Basics for Developers" was pretty clear that
> the copyright line should stay.
> If so, vmware_pack_end.h should also have it's copyright line reinstated.

That's an interesting argument to have. Two points from my side
a) VMware is the one removing its own copyright - I haven't seen any
suggestion that that's not acceptable
b) it is rather questionable if a single instruction is even copyrightable :-)

> Mildly related:
> This patch adds the one-line license identifier and removes the bulky
> license text.

For those licenses where that is allowable (GPL-2.0 or GPL-2.0+)

> While a later patch, does the former and not the latter. Any reason
> why they're not consistent?

Yes, since MIT is a template license you can't remove it without making
it impossible to follow the compliance requirements (the copyright
becomes part of the license text).

/D

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