On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 08:21:47AM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote: > They seem to be the same, but the Linux copy contains some introductory > SPDX-License-Identifier description text and is line-wrapped to 80 > characters. Replace our copy with the Linux v5.6 copy to reduce > differences. I don't understand why that is important, and I would go with the text that SPDX has on file, as long as both contain the same content. That being said… > The license text itself is applicable to both LGPL-2.1-or-later and > LGPL-2.1. It just describes what further terms apply when the licensed > work specified "or later". > > Rename the license to the same name Linux is using. > > Cc: Roland Hieber <rhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1 | 503 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1-or-later | 468 ------------------------- LGPL-2.1-or-later is used in at least two files in the tree… > 2 files changed, 503 insertions(+), 468 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1 > delete mode 100644 LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1-or-later > > diff --git a/LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1 b/LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1 > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..27bb4342a3e8 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1 > @@ -0,0 +1,503 @@ > +Valid-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1 > +Valid-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ …but does not appear here. 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