Re: [PATCH 03/12] media: mt9m001: convert to SPDX license identifer

[Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>]

2019年1月7日(月) 20:37 Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>:
>
> Hi Mita-san,
>
> On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 02:12:45AM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> > Replace GPL license statements with SPDX license identifiers (GPL-2.0).
> >
> > Cc: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>
> > Cc: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
> > Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/media/i2c/mt9m001.c | 5 +----
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m001.c b/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m001.c
> > index a1a85ff..65ff59d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m001.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/mt9m001.c
> > @@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> >  /*
> >   * Driver for MT9M001 CMOS Image Sensor from Micron
> >   *
> >   * Copyright (C) 2008, Guennadi Liakhovetski <kernel@pengutronix.de>
> > - *
> > - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> > - * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
> > - * published by the Free Software Foundation.
> >   */
> >
> >  #include <linux/videodev2.h>
>
> The MODULE_LICENSE macro at the end of the file lists "GPL" as the license,
> i.e. including later versions. I'm not sure what was the intention
> originally. I guess it's safer to stick to 2.0, at least unless the
> original author is able to shed some light into this.

I've come across the same thought, and I found the following conversation.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/6/24/457

So I think MODULE_LICENSE() mismatch can be resolved in the future.