On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 06:49:30PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > But all that matters is the tag is there for tools to be able to extract > > it properly. And if we have that, it doesn't matter what the comment > > "style" would be, so might as well make it look "nicer". > > > > And, to take it to the next conclusion, if we have the SPDX identifier, > > we can get rid of the "boilerplate" GPL license crap as well, right? > > An SPDX tag may not form a valid warranty disclaimer in many parts of > the world while the header with correct document text in capitals does. But the warranty disclaimer is in the license for the project as a whole, just not on the individual file, so it is still covered from what I can tell. > So yes you can remove it, but since it used to have a disclaimer and > you (aka Linux Foundation) potentially removed it you might want to have a > little chat with their laywers about whether you risk assuming any > liability as a result 8) Ok, will do :) thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
