Re: [PATCH 04/32] locking: SIX locks (shared/intent/exclusive)

Eric Biggers
2023-05-13T00:47:00Z

On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 08:17:23PM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 04:49:04PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 5/12/23 16:26, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> > > On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 12:39:34AM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On Friday 2023-05-12 22:58, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> > >>> On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 02:14:08PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > >>>>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > >>>>
> > >>>> The currently SPDX list only knows "GPL-2.0-only" or "GPL-2.0-or-later",
> > >>>> please edit.
> > >>>
> > >>> Where is that list?
> > >>
> > >> I just went to spdx.org and then chose "License List" from the
> > >> horizontal top bar menu.
> > >
> > > Do we have anything more official? Quick grep through the source tree
> > > says I'm following accepted usage.
> >
> > Documentation/process/license-rules.rst points to spdx.org for
> > further info.
> >
> > or LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 contains this:
> > Valid-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > Valid-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> > Valid-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> > Valid-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> > SPDX-URL: https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.html
>
> Thanks, I'll leave it at GPL-2.0 then.

https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.html says that GPL-2.0 is deprecated. Its
replacement is https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0-only.html. Yes, they mean the
same thing, but the new names were introduced to be clearer than the old ones.

- Eric