2018-03-19 13:51 GMT+01:00 Peter Rosin <peda@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> On 2018-03-19 13:12, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
>> 2018-03-19 12:03 GMT+01:00 Peter Rosin <peda@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Also, use a // style comment for the SPDX line in C files.
>>
>> I'm seeing both /* */ and // style comments used for SPDX headers - is
>> there any reason not to use /* */ here?
>
> Documentation/process/license-rules.rst states:
>
> 2. Style:
>
> The SPDX license identifier is added in form of a comment. The comment
> style depends on the file type::
>
> C source: // SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression>
> C header: /* SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression> */
> ASM: /* SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression> */
> scripts: # SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression>
> .rst: .. SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression>
> .dts{i}: // SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression>
>
> Read more in that file for reasons. If there are none, I personally
> think the reason is that "Linus said so". Or something like that?
>
> Cheers,
> Peter
Makes sense, thanks.
I'm thinking about dropping this file from this series and submitting
it separately for Greg to Ack.
Unless he sees our exchange and acks it here. :)
Thanks,
Bart
