From: Pavel Machek <pavel@denx.de>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>,
monstr@monstr.eu, balbi@ti.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org, Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Subject: Re: SPDX-License-Identifier
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 22:49:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150225214950.GB29527@amd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150205064130.GB22075@kroah.com>
Hi!
> > >Is one tag per directory sufficient? Is one tag per file sufficient?
> > >How about one tag per package? If package, then isn't a single tag for
> > >the whole kernel source tree sufficient, as we all know the overall
> > >license for the kernel source tree.
> >
> > We really need one tag per file.
>
> I fail to see the justification for this, why? Why not per directory?
> Why not per function? Why not per driver? Why not per line? Why not
> per project? Who has dictated this seemingly arbitrary rule?
That's how licenses are done today.
Why would I like to see SPDX?
So that GPL header at begining of each file becomes one line... and so
that if it is BSD/GPL dual licensed is plain to see, and I don't have
to read the notices saying "oh this is gpl.. but if you want to,
delete gpl above and use license below".
> Our DCO process ensures that.
>
> > - Some parts of the Linux source code are also used by other projects.
> > Or are derived from other projects. Because of this they are
> > explicitly licensed under different licenses than the GPLv2
> > (compatible to it though of course). Or are dual-licensed. So that
> > they can be used by these other projects.
>
> That's fine, we encourage that and want to see that happen. How will
> SPDX change that at all? It's obvious as to the license of the files
> that this happens with, why do anything extra?
Well, sometimes parsing license agreements at the top of file is
interesting, that's where SPDX would help, and that's why having
single SPDX per linux kernel would not work.
Pavel
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[not found] ` <774153d4-d33f-4bb4-813b-582762bc3af9-8XeO8fnFoNFnw48GICbVzrjjLBE8jN/0@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-20 18:23 ` [PATCH RFC] usb: gadget: Add xilinx axi usb2 device support Felipe Balbi
2014-02-21 11:27 ` Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta
2014-02-21 15:39 ` Felipe Balbi
[not found] ` <20140221153905.GE31902-HgARHv6XitL9zxVx7UNMDg@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-10 13:36 ` sundeep subbaraya
2014-03-10 18:44 ` Felipe Balbi
2014-02-21 12:04 ` Mark Rutland
2014-02-21 13:41 ` Michal Simek
2014-02-21 13:57 ` Mark Rutland
2014-02-21 14:06 ` Michal Simek
2014-02-21 15:42 ` Felipe Balbi
[not found] ` <20140221154244.GG31902-HgARHv6XitL9zxVx7UNMDg@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-21 15:51 ` Michal Simek
2014-02-21 16:00 ` Felipe Balbi
[not found] ` <530775EB.6030004-pSz03upnqPeHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-21 16:15 ` Arnd Bergmann
[not found] ` <20140221120454.GD8783-NuALmloUBlrZROr8t4l/smS4ubULX0JqMm0uRHvK7Nw@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-21 15:41 ` Felipe Balbi
2014-02-21 16:13 ` Mark Rutland
[not found] ` <20140220182257.GF23217-HgARHv6XitL9zxVx7UNMDg@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-21 6:38 ` Michal Simek
2014-02-21 16:04 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
[not found] ` <20140221160442.GA17506-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-21 16:04 ` Michal Simek
[not found] ` <5307790A.4050806-pSz03upnqPeHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-21 16:12 ` SPDX-License-Identifier (was: Re: [PATCH RFC] usb: gadget: Add xilinx axi usb2 device support) Felipe Balbi
[not found] ` <20140221161246.GM31902-HgARHv6XitL9zxVx7UNMDg@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-21 16:18 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Michal Simek
[not found] ` <53077C5F.9000407-pSz03upnqPeHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-21 16:20 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Felipe Balbi
2014-02-21 16:56 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Greg Kroah-Hartman
2014-02-21 17:26 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Michal Simek
[not found] ` <53078C30.7060703-pSz03upnqPeHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-21 17:57 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Greg Kroah-Hartman
2014-02-21 19:01 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Theodore Ts'o
2014-02-24 10:12 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Michal Simek
[not found] ` <530B1B25.5090601-pSz03upnqPeHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-24 13:41 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Theodore Ts'o
2014-02-24 14:03 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Michal Simek
[not found] ` <530B512D.8090308-pSz03upnqPeHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-24 14:26 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Greg Kroah-Hartman
2014-02-25 12:10 ` SPDX-License-Identifier One Thousand Gnomes
2014-02-25 12:25 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Geert Uytterhoeven
2015-02-02 15:43 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Stefan Roese
[not found] ` <54CF9B12.2070807-ynQEQJNshbs@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-02 16:06 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Greg Kroah-Hartman
[not found] ` <20150202160622.GA9852-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-04 16:41 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Stefan Roese
[not found] ` <54D24BA4.3070509-ynQEQJNshbs@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-05 4:21 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Theodore Ts'o
2015-02-05 6:41 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-02-25 21:49 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2015-02-25 22:00 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Felipe Balbi
2015-02-26 21:49 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Pavel Machek
2015-02-26 10:26 ` SPDX-License-Identifier One Thousand Gnomes
2015-02-26 13:39 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Theodore Ts'o
2015-02-26 21:53 ` SPDX-License-Identifier Pavel Machek
2015-02-05 11:49 ` SPDX-License-Identifier One Thousand Gnomes
2014-02-21 16:23 ` [PATCH RFC] usb: gadget: Add xilinx axi usb2 device support Greg Kroah-Hartman
2014-03-26 10:07 ` sundeep subbaraya
2014-04-15 17:18 ` Felipe Balbi
2014-04-15 17:55 ` Alan Stern
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1404151345580.1310-100000-IYeN2dnnYyZXsRXLowluHWD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2014-04-16 4:39 ` Felipe Balbi
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