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From:   Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@nexb.com>
Date:   Mon, 12 Feb 2018 15:15:39 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] mfd: Add ST Multi-Function eXpander core driver
To:     Amelie Delaunay <amelie.delaunay@st.com>
Cc:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
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Amelie,

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 1:06 PM, Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Feb 2018, Amelie Delaunay wrote:
>
>> ST Multi-Function eXpander (MFX) is a slave controller using I2C
>> for communication with the main MCU. Main features are:
>> - 16 fast GPIOs individually configurable in input/output
>> - 8 alternate GPIOs individually configurable in input/output
>> - Main MCU IDD measurement
>> - Resistive touchscreen controller
>>
>> Only GPIO expander (16 fast GPIOs + 8 alternate) feature is
>> supported for the moment.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Amelie Delaunay <amelie.delaunay@st.com>

<snip>

>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/mfd/st-mfx.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,526 @@
>> +/*
>> + * STMicroelectronics Multi-Function eXpander (ST-MFX) Core Driver
>> + *
>> + * Copyright (C) 2017, STMicroelectronics - All Rights Reserved
>> + * Author(s): Amelie Delaunay <amelie.delaunay@st.com> for STMicroelectronics.
>
> You don't need to put "for STMicroelectronics".  This was something we
> made up when submitting from a different (!st.com) email address.
>
>> + * License terms: GPL V2.0.
>> + *
>> + * st-mfx Core Driver is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
>> + * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
>> + * the Free Software Foundation.
>> + *
>> + * st-mfx Core Driver is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
>> + * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
>> + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
>> + * details.
>> + *
>> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
>> + * st-mfx Core Driver. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
>
> You should be able to use the short version of the licensing
> agreement.  Also, please grep for "SPDX".

You can check the doc for the (fairly new) way to remove legalese
boilerplate at Documentation/process/license-rules.rst or [1]
It helps keep the focus on the code and less on licensing!

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
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Cordially
Philippe Ombredanne