From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EADEDC433FE for ; Mon, 23 May 2022 21:10:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229486AbiEWVKo (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 May 2022 17:10:44 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:44364 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229484AbiEWVKn (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 May 2022 17:10:43 -0400 Received: from galois.linutronix.de (Galois.linutronix.de [IPv6:2a0a:51c0:0:12e:550::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6CECA7982A; Mon, 23 May 2022 14:10:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Thomas Gleixner DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linutronix.de; s=2020; t=1653340238; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=ZiVLOut3toqD/VOTDgtnLvcL3HaiWUE+iIrgXPs3fck=; b=c3xRM8BH9Olb3zo+EHl+YVEpqVm6bGScYMJUGfIGnmSSVq9otqBzkMmMG132AUma2Zq2Wc EcaI0Ebw/ET7Z5YQNSugJ7I/WxJecSEIy7SJPn0x/QPGXLqNe0Oxbju8NsrFcrD2s7cDx/ 1piEDwsaIHw2R62SEy3bg8WeyfWE7nJi+jrCe+ZHctir9aULZPTj7KfVlMansHOFOq1o/x qwbtxlkXYF3WPMu/+wcJmOLX/dVsTJWwpk77jkpw47YHf/hdekUCFATcXwiXnO+KmKPew9 aguhprY1Txgt2x0G0UOyviVs/9CixjlAGTXPI+X3FxtRPw2KNj2oghBc0a3jQA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linutronix.de; s=2020e; t=1653340238; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=ZiVLOut3toqD/VOTDgtnLvcL3HaiWUE+iIrgXPs3fck=; b=dV8zH4VID1ptGJGwhN5Y2lQR7fsJwIrvQcdP2100QjG7n57FMo1WzxnJS02b79c3qvrFWc Gjd+55byU2+1SHCw== To: Luis Chamberlain , tj@kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, jeyu@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org Cc: bvanassche@acm.org, dan.j.williams@intel.com, joe@perches.com, mcgrof@kernel.org, keescook@chromium.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, minchan@kernel.org, linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Goldwyn Rodrigues , Kuno Woudt , Richard Fontana , copyleft-next@lists.fedorahosted.org, Ciaran Farrell , Christopher De Nicolo , Christoph Hellwig , Jonathan Corbet , Thorsten Leemhuis Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 1/6] LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license In-Reply-To: <20211029184500.2821444-2-mcgrof@kernel.org> References: <20211029184500.2821444-1-mcgrof@kernel.org> <20211029184500.2821444-2-mcgrof@kernel.org> Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 23:10:37 +0200 Message-ID: <87h75g0xbm.ffs@tglx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 29 2021 at 11:44, Luis Chamberlain wrote: > preferred. A summary of benefits why projects outside of Linux might > prefer to use copyleft-next >= 0.3.1 over GPLv2: > > > o copyleft-next has a 'built-in or-later' provision Not convinced that this is a benefit under all circumstances, but that's a philosopical problem. The real problem is this: > +Valid-License-Identifier: copyleft-next-0.3.1 and > +11. Later License Versions > + > + The Copyleft-Next Project may release new versions of copyleft-next, > + designated by a distinguishing version number ("Later Versions"). > + Unless I explicitly remove the option of Distributing Covered Works > + under Later Versions, You may Distribute Covered Works under any Later > + Version. If I want to remove this option, then how do I express this with a SPDX license identifier? Sigh! tglx