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

J Lovejoy
2022-09-16T22:55:57Z

On 9/9/22 7:34 AM, David Sterba wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 06:00:13AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> 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.
> I believe you and can update the wiki text so it's more explicit about
> the license an copyright.

Can you update the wiki text to remove "SPDX" from the heading and
remove the sentence stating, "An initiative started in 2017 [1] aims to
unify licensing information in all files using SPDX tags, this is driven
by the Linux Foundation."

Thanks,
Jilayne