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From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 25 Jun 2020 22:35:47 +0300
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/chrome: Clarify SPDX license with GPL-2.0-only
To:     Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 10:33 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 10:29 PM Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2020-06-25 at 22:06 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 9:25 PM Enric Balletbo i Serra
> > > <enric.balletbo@collabora.com> wrote:
> > > > Remove the ambiguity with GPL-2.0 and use an explicit GPL-2.0-only
> > > > tag.
> > >
> > > Is there any? Last time IIRC Greg told me that in the kernel the old
> > > and new variants are okay.
> >
> > If there wasn't any ambiguity, the older license
> > style wouldn't be deprecated by SPDX.org.
>
> They are _not_ deprecated according to kernel documentation:
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0
>
> So, fix documentation in the kernel then.

That said, NAK to the patch as long as in-kernel documentation says it's valid.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko