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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:03:25 +0100
From: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>
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To: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
        Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>,
        Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta <subbaraya.sundeep.bhatta@xilinx.com>,
        linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta <sbhatta@xilinx.com>,
        devicetree@vger.kernel.org, Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Subject: Re: SPDX-License-Identifier
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On 02/24/2014 02:41 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 11:12:53AM +0100, Michal Simek wrote:
>>> But of course, I'm not a lawyer, and if your company has is paying fo=
r
>>> the development of the driver, the Golden Rule applies (he who has th=
e
>>> Gold, makes the Rules), and each of our respective corporate lawyers
>>> may have different opinions about what might happen if the question
>>> was ever to be adjudicated in court.
>>
>> Aren't all these points already answered by SPDX project?
>> I believe that they should know how this should be handled properly.
>=20
> The SPDX can not give legal advice; not to you, and not to your
> company.  One lawyer might believe that=20
>=20
> /*
>  * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>  */
>=20
> Might be sufficient.  Others might believe you need to do:
>=20
> /*
>  * Copyright Ty Coon, 2012.
>  *=20
>  * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>  */
>=20
> Still others might believe you need at the very least:
>=20
> /*
>  * Copyright Ty Coon, 2012.
>  *=20
>  * All Rights Reserved.
>  *
>  * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>  */

Aren't these differences already present in the header?

>=20
> As far as I know, there is no case law on point about whether or not
> SPDX-License-Identifier has legal significance, or whether the court
> would consider that to be a valid copyright permission statement.  So
> any "answers" made by any lawyer would be guesses.  Of course, an
> guess by a lawyer which is retained by *you* or your company and fully
> informed with the unique parameters of your situation would constitute
> legal advice.  Anything else, including anything any of us could say
> on this mailing list, would be biovating.  :-)

I think make sense to wait for Wolfgang about his experience because
I believe he has considered it before u-boot change.

BTW: Isn't this a good topic for kernel-summit? :-)

Thanks,
Michal

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