Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> The traditional license information is replaced by the SPDX form. There >> are no code changes. >> >> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > [...] > >> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c >> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c >> @@ -1,27 +1,5 @@ >> -/****************************************************************************** >> - * >> - * Copyright(c) 2009-2012 Realtek Corporation. >> - * >> - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it >> - * under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as >> - * published by the Free Software Foundation. > > So the way I see this is GPLv2 only (so GPLv3 is not included). > >> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */ > > But this is GPLv2 or later (including GPLv3 for example). > LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 contains more info about the tags. > > Also for SPDX tags in .c files you should use C++ comment style '//', Oh, but do not that '//' should be used only with the first line containing the SPDX tag (in a .c file). The following lines with copyrights should use '/* */' normally. -- Kalle Valo