Re: [patch 01/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 1

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On Mon, 20 May 2019, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 11:04:12AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Mon, 20 May 2019, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 03:51:31PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > <snip>
> > > 
> > > Commenting only on the first instance of this in the series:
> > > 
> > > > --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx51-eukrea-cpuimx51.dtsi
> > > > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx51-eukrea-cpuimx51.dtsi
> > > > @@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
> > > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> > > 
> > > I thought we were sticking with the "GPL-2.0+" string for this?
> > >
> > > I know we support both in the scripts and the license parsing, is it
> > > just a "up to the sender" as to what they prefer?
> > 
> > I don't have a preference, but IMO sticking with the latest SPDX version is
> > probably the right thing to do. I did not make an intentional choice as
> > this is just what scancode exposes as concluded SPDX license identifier.
> 
> Ok, fair enough, as long as we don't have to go and change all existing
> files to one or the other, I'm happy :)

Right. We won't touch the existing GPL-2.0 and GPL-2.0+ identifiers. There
is no reason to do so as tools really have to be able to deal with them.

Thanks,

	tglx



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