2017-11-08 19:24:11

by William Breathitt Gray

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] driver core: add SPDX identifiers to all driver core files

On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 05:30:07PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>It's good to have SPDX identifiers in all files to make it easier to
>audit the kernel tree for correct licenses.
>
>Update the driver core files files with the correct SPDX license
>identifier based on the license text in the file itself. The SPDX
>identifier is a legally binding shorthand, which can be used instead of
>the full boiler plate text.
>
>This work is based on a script and data from Thomas Gleixner, Philippe
>Ombredanne, and Kate Stewart.
>
>Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
>Cc: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
>Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <[email protected]>
>Cc: William Breathitt Gray <[email protected]>
>Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
>Cc: Kate Stewart <[email protected]>
>Cc: Philippe Ombredanne <[email protected]>
>Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>

Although I'm the current maintainer of drivers/base/isa.c, I believe
Rene Herman was the original author of this file. I'm CCing Rene for
input regarding this file as I'm not sure if GPL-2.0 was intended or
instead a more permissive license.

William Breathitt Gray

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