From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1271E26E176; Wed, 21 May 2025 12:54:33 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1747832074; cv=none; b=YZ6AegJUKKhg+PZ5G9zterLPDKaw9+HYHAekEo7oSU6Mj4C1oclvlYE9JZds2PiPK5TriKQ5PrNT0I9oKcN/fcYQEMw7344jrYfjohTFGqV2husmjitM5ViCBg6IfvqRl3xkv1wOPKSwdkkXjObzDDuhXm0ivo5DrISC5gn3vrQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1747832074; c=relaxed/simple; bh=VMYoNOJ5wE9KwUkDnF09JicN3hKPriwy1qJHDvdDpM0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Eep9uhUoqtr7nTEGgLhJbCmteqqYukBuaN/h/fhvUjd9eZcFZFcs1TWD4vhLDwAO4XSokzL1V6hwS92DW2/ecce8Ctm6prqIFTO7oLsbGg4DXLOWVYEuR/0Y+u/3Nlvtb/LlDjSixbJuCSr+vqxpDEQ7BzUJBhv6VHSSM1HaD6c= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=Gvp/ed8X; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="Gvp/ed8X" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 06D2AC4CEE4; Wed, 21 May 2025 12:54:32 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1747832073; bh=VMYoNOJ5wE9KwUkDnF09JicN3hKPriwy1qJHDvdDpM0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=Gvp/ed8XwFy7sJSkMi+wEhLq2DrCdOEOZN1MX+cDd/vNe7AM6jKoFcB8WHBTJtPeN 9mY3wzgC/Oc3LfowIQinrhDL6vabZVT4DQ47R0nXoeZcJ7mZ8i68f7WUmr3+mO7Umc GB/DTmAwF3mOWOpNgh+7YSV1JvWG/carnKG4dHE0= Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 14:54:30 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Lukas Bulwahn Cc: Thomas Gleixner , linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Lukas Bulwahn Subject: Re: [PATCH] LICENSES: add CC0-1.0 license text Message-ID: <2025052118-handbook-dowry-bae9@gregkh> References: <20250513115912.303082-1-lukas.bulwahn@redhat.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20250513115912.303082-1-lukas.bulwahn@redhat.com> On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 01:59:12PM +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote: > From: Lukas Bulwahn > > Commit cbbd847d107f ("tools/x86/kcpuid: Introduce a complete cpuid > bitfields CSV file") turns the tools/arch/x86/kcpuid/cpuid.csv to be an > auto-generated file from an input file maintained at x86-cpuid.org project. > The x86-cpuid.org project clearly states that the auto-generated file is to > be licensed with CC0-1.0 (see Link below). So, the SPDX-License-Identifier > CC0-1.0 in the file is correct as intended. > > The spdxcheck.py script reports that tools/arch/x86/kcpuid/cpuid.csv uses > an Invalid License ID: CC0-1.0, though, as the LICENSES directory in the > kernel tree does not contain a file with license information for CC0-1.0. > > Add a suitable CC0-1.0 file with the license text into LICENSES/deprecated > to make spdxcheck.py happy. > > The directory deprecated is the best fit, by exclusion of the > alternatives. CC0-1.0 should not be considered among the preferred licenses > in the kernel, nor is it a license exception case or intended for > dual-licensing some copyrighted material. So, deprecated is the best fit > here, even if the license and its use is fine and it does not suggest to > actually deprecate use of this license. > > The license text for the CC0-1.0 file was obtained from the spdx > license-list-data git repository (see Link below). > > Link: https://gitlab.com/x86-cpuid.org/x86-cpuid-db/-/blob/v2.4/LICENSE.rst > Link: https://github.com/spdx/license-list-data/blob/main/text/CC0-1.0.txt > > Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn > --- > LICENSES/deprecated/CC0-1.0 | 129 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 129 insertions(+) Thanks for this, I'll add it to the spdx tree now. greg k-h