Re: [PATCH v2 10/20] btrfs: factor a fscrypt_name matching method

Christoph Hellwig
2022-09-09T13:00:30Z

On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 12:15:21PM +0200, David Sterba wrote:
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > +/*
> > + * Copyright (C) 2020 Facebook
> > + */
>
> Please use only SPDX in new files
>
> https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Developer%27s_FAQ#Copyright_notices_in_files.2C_SPDX

The wiki is incorrect. The SPDX tag deals with the licensing tags
only. It is not a replacement for the copyright notice in any way, and
having been involved with Copyright enforcement I can tell you that
at least in some jurisdictions Copytight notices absolutely do matter.