On Mon, 2020-04-27 at 20:36 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 11:01:38AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Mon, 2020-04-27 at 19:46 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 10:41:58AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2020-04-27 at 19:29 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: [] > > > > > I thought we were supposed to use 'GPL-2.0-or-newer' because 'GPL-2.0+' > > > > > > is deprecated in some newer version of the SPDX standard? > > > > > > > > > > > > <shrug> > > > > > > > > > > The kernel follows the "older" SPDX standard, but will accept either, > > > > > it's up to the author. It is all documented in LICENSES/ if people > > > > > really want to make sure. > > > > > > > > I think the kernel should prefer the "newer" SPDX standard > > > > for any/all changes to these lines. > > > > --- > > > > LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 | 8 ++++---- > > > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 b/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 > > > > index ff0812..c50f93 100644 > > > > --- a/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 > > > > +++ b/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 > > > > @@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ Usage-Guide: > > > > tag/value pairs into a comment according to the placement > > > > guidelines in the licensing rules documentation. > > > > For 'GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 only' use: > > > > - SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > > > > - or > > > > SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only > > > > + or the deprecated alternative > > > > + SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > > > > For 'GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or any later version' use: > > > > - SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ > > > > - or > > > > SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later > > > > + or the deprecated alternative > > > > + SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ > > > > License-Text: > > > > > > At the moment, I do not, as the current ones are not "depreciated" at > > > all. > > > > https://spdx.org/licenses/ > > > > shows the GPL-2.0 and GPL-2.0+ as deprecated. > > > > https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.html > > https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0+.html > > > > Again, we are not using the "new" version of the SPDX specification just > yet. We started out using one specific version, let's get the whole > kernel converted first before worrying about trying to keep up with > their newer releases please. We still have a ways to go... It seems you refer to yourself using the majestic plural. There's already ~80% use of SPDX-License-Identifier and the -only versions are already about 25% of the existing uses. There's no real reason not to prefer the latest versions over the deprecated ones.
