On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 14:13:29 -0600 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 08:50:23 +0200 > Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > [CC += Steve] Thanks. > > > - 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... A SPDX dual license should be possible, as it's used for GPL and BSD in several locations. > > [...] > > > +.. 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 And I never said GFDL 1.2+ Copyright 2009 Red Hat Inc. - Author: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx> - License: The GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 - (dual licensed under the GPL v2) -Reviewers: Mathieu Desnoyers, Huang Ying, Hidetoshi Seto, There is no "+" sign here. > > +.. 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 "GPL-2.0 OR GFDL-1.2" -- Steve > > ...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
