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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Marc-Etienne Vargenau (Nokia)" <marc-etienne.vargenau@nokia.com>
Cc: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	"kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org" <linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kvm/ioapic: Remove license boilerplate with bad FSF address
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 17:07:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2025072843-browbeat-rocket-c549@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <PR3PR07MB81837F4778329A2270CC9318AC5AA@PR3PR07MB8183.eurprd07.prod.outlook.com>

On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 02:59:26PM +0000, Marc-Etienne Vargenau (Nokia) wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> That should be:
> // SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
> not
> // SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
> 
> « LGPL-2.1+ » is deprecated
> https://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-2.1+.html

The kernel does not differenciate between the two at this point in time,
sorry.  Either is fine for now.

Only AFTER we actually tag all files in the tree will we worry about
silly things like this.

thanks,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-07-28 15:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-07-28 14:15 [PATCH] arch/x86/kvm/ioapic: Remove license boilerplate with bad FSF address Thomas Huth
     [not found] ` <PR3PR07MB81837F4778329A2270CC9318AC5AA@PR3PR07MB8183.eurprd07.prod.outlook.com>
2025-07-28 15:01   ` Thomas Huth
2025-07-28 15:07   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
     [not found]     ` <PR3PR07MB81835DAC6ACE7162E81A3AC4AC5AA@PR3PR07MB8183.eurprd07.prod.outlook.com>
2025-07-28 15:34       ` Greg Kroah-Hartman

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