Re: [PATCH] license: standardize SPDX tag for 3-Clause BSD

Bruce Richardson
2025-11-12T09:41:58Z

On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 10:38:44AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 12/11/2025 10:31, Bruce Richardson:
> > On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 10:13:35AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > Make sure the SPDX tag is used as defined in license/README.
> > > Reduce separator to single space.
> > > Use parenthesis and uppercased "OR" when a second license is applied.
> >
> > Upper-case or is fine, I suppose, but I'm not convinced we need the
> > parentheses. However, I see other drivers tend to have it, so let's
> > standardize on that.
>
> I'm not convinced as well.
>
> Looking at https://spdx.dev/learn/handling-license-info/
> it seems we don't need parentheses in general.
>
Shall we just avoid fixing the parens until we definitively decide on that.
Just standardize on spacing and upper case "OR"? Whatever approach you
decide for this release, you can keep my ack.

/Bruce