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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC] checkpatch: don't complain about SPDX tag
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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 00:19:07 +0200
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18/04/2018 00:11, Scott Branden:
> On 18-04-17 03:06 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 17/04/2018 23:49, Stephen Hemminger:
> >> IMHO would have been better to use the kernel SPDX style and
> >> keep the check but that appears to be a minority opinion.
> > 
> > I think it is better to work on checkpatch itself.
> > When defining our SPDX style, Linux one was not definitive.
> > Do you think we can ask the Linux community to support our SPDX style?
> >
> I think it better to simply follow the Linux community defacto style 
> rather than go your own way.

But our way is better! :)
And it has been decided in the Technical Board.