From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on archive.lwn.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by archive.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F2F37D581 for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2018 20:12:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728121AbeHVXiY (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:38:24 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.133]:34196 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728052AbeHVXiY (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:38:24 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20170209; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version :References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=iy4pCo0jjKiK2mMp2nL0qVptJxhyWtPHzfDVGkaYI0g=; b=FQBJpKVkYS+I240lpedLaw4uf 39w2zlJgY+0WA8Vb60iitpFxZWSL9a2XwJWU1aAeV9gq1QAxwfybvjAPaKmCj7362JmiztxSPFtGN QVISgKwvNCHTqaPfuNxKpHcXo/3dzdhseL69c1soBzl7y7nyl/P2TVJydOu1nqb1/zZNTqvSBPZbA xM15mjqFlwE58cp/NBHhVXUhAuVkQkuai+XyFqvTlgOfPzxGB9rWiCQYyvN/p2f7nDUf54VaeV3f+ GMsCv38RM0+Qc3MInd6H8KEodFH/XenPBbRY859kmO62TnlPMAOxecFFqNcCVQzHJacKKohnf5EIl wo3R3amag==; Received: from willy by bombadil.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.90_1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1fsZU1-00054s-VY; Wed, 22 Aug 2018 20:12:01 +0000 Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:12:01 -0700 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Joe Perches Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Kate Stewart , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Christoph Hellwig , Russell King , Rob Herring , Jonas Oberg , Andrew Morton , Jonathan Corbet , "open list:DOCUMENTATION" Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] license-rules.rst and LICENSES: Use only spdx version 3 with -only and -or-later Message-ID: <20180822201201.GC19458@bombadil.infradead.org> References: <9f90ed3678d32bdde88d63e877880dcb08a97e15.1534519501.git.joe@perches.com> <7275a821f20ba080b6a262089ceeaf8fa94d4bab.camel@perches.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.2 (2017-12-15) Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 12:47:57PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > Perhaps it's better to stick to a single SPDX version style for > all kernel files. > > Right now, there are already several -only and -or-later uses. > > $ git grep -P 'SPDX-License-Identifier.*(?:-or-later|-only)'| wc -l > 144 > > So perhaps a patch and a tool to do the reverse conversion: No. Any tool which does anything useful just has to understand both 2.0 and 3.0 naming. They're aliases for each other, that's all.