On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 09:59:02AM +0100, Roland Hieber wrote: > I noticed that Linux usually removes the license headers and only keeps > the copyright lines, but I wasn't able to find any reason for that. Do > you have more insight here? I tried to google around a bit, and found several discussions, which all end in "SPDX is an industry-wide accepted standard" [1] and "SPDX-License-Identifiers are a legally binding shorthand" [2], but without further elaboration :-/ [1]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10045625/#21135079 [2]: e.g. here https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/854656/ or in the commit message of [1] too - Roland -- Roland Hieber | r.hieber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | Pengutronix e.K. | https://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim | Phone: +49-5121-206917-5086 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox
