From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88F5FC282CE for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 09:10:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 599BF24CB3 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 09:10:09 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kroah.com header.i=@kroah.com header.b="WGEtL2h6"; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=messagingengine.com header.i=@messagingengine.com header.b="b3/H7+M2" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727055AbfFDJKI (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jun 2019 05:10:08 -0400 Received: from wout2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([64.147.123.25]:51827 "EHLO wout2-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726988AbfFDJKI (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jun 2019 05:10:08 -0400 Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA0C33C40; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 05:10:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute6.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 04 Jun 2019 05:10:06 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kroah.com; h= date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:in-reply-to; s=fm3; bh=VC+oS7Rk92PNcZiTlXZGCGniNar 8nbuCji36B1lBOlw=; b=WGEtL2h64smWk42aPlOGB8COJdEJBLFAJeN7CpA/RiT 1LIcaGB/nR0yK4jDVCLgsdnbwSQxj5vjRHNPNkb7qL97QG9KM/O2vCm9GW9G0MXj afSyWa71rwPY/ivExvcqsESDvSbjX6WTG9BmlksZ9cAUC2Mjt9//gxsKC4up06eT nkmAxUMcYGrcnsloPyoz2QJRqpU10Z7Hi7TxY1RjmqErpEDEGVrAo6JqoulvjWWP Sz3QiSyRs1RqocK5oCFbZpYHp7/9721x3pOgtMdK0hyHBj/Q2zDaOooG0foZK1qs jE38BocZEKhNA2BzJqwypoyl2XaVXjM9a0O3y2Sb8iA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; bh=VC+oS7 Rk92PNcZiTlXZGCGniNar8nbuCji36B1lBOlw=; b=b3/H7+M2wdH5UxgBrgq4S4 coMQjEtirkeR1wKeSpi8hUPyGSCMZM1GgJJk5ox73YYKoeqi3ORvIa5mXT9ZBGuE kt5sZQH8+RzYdN6NK+rnXOTg1JF48/MSaaPOuqQlGTO87FMpVVwfvOh66RJrxNnb hc65MMJ4ZFqYKTE0wvEnmYg/i1vhOQNptdpQaC7FUJf5srjgpxH6m8NbcvVK8n8x DF+mLbq/q9ICByrSmrKSJcKMa0LkW8bbmLbDZm2OZurlH6ARV/ZfpzFu8KU/7f10 wgV1qDwIArTbfYi0gsjbH8v50lTMemo4RBjdt0s+SbS7CZCQBS5RZORiKZCkd1HQ == X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduuddrudefledguddvucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvuffkfhggtggujggfsehttd ertddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpefirhgvghcumffjuceoghhrvghgsehkrhhorghhrdgtohhm qeenucfkphepkeefrdekiedrkeelrddutdejnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpe hgrhgvgheskhhrohgrhhdrtghomhenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedt X-ME-Proxy: Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id D28B080065; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 05:10:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 11:10:02 +0200 From: Greg KH To: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" Cc: Thomas Gleixner , linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] treewide: refined: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 235 Message-ID: <20190604091002.GE2855@kroah.com> References: <20190602204653.904365654@linutronix.de> <1559560444-31041-1-git-send-email-info@metux.net> <1559560444-31041-2-git-send-email-info@metux.net> <3c0115ec-54ba-56dc-9588-bfaa6736987b@metux.net> <20190604084759.GC1129@kroah.com> <1977c56d-cbaa-9b09-2584-6d04286d8e81@metux.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1977c56d-cbaa-9b09-2584-6d04286d8e81@metux.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.0 (2019-05-25) Sender: linux-spdx-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 08:53:09AM +0000, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > On 04.06.19 08:47, Greg KH wrote: > > > Fixing up "ugly" comments should only be done on the drivers/staging/ > > tree, and people working there can do it "by hand" if they really want > > to. Don't annoy maintainers of other subsystems with changes like this, > > unless you want to be added to their mailbox kill-file. > > hmm, improving readability is not wanted ? > and what about things like fixing formatting, etc ? For some subsystems, that is not appreciated. > I've made the experience that some maintainers really welcomed that. > (even though that's obviously on a low priority). Again, it depends on the maintainer and the subsystem. The only place it is guaranteed that you can do this type of work is in driver/staging/ To do elsewhere is to risk annoying people, so I would not recommend it at all. thanks, greg k-h