From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from imap.thunk.org ([74.207.234.97]:47936 "EHLO imap.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753221AbdKGTPl (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2017 14:15:41 -0500 Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 14:15:26 -0500 From: Theodore Ts'o Subject: Re: WTF? Re: [PATCH] License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license Message-ID: <20171107191526.x3rzfcnnlmaz264d@thunk.org> References: <20171107020607.GA26910@magnolia> <20171107072040.GB4586@infradead.org> <20171107073940.GB4654@kroah.com> <20171107172042.GB26910@magnolia> <20171107182903.GA4588@kroah.com> <20171107184658.56b87d41@alans-desktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171107184658.56b87d41@alans-desktop> Sender: linux-xfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: List-Id: xfs To: Alan Cox Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , "Darrick J. Wong" , Christoph Hellwig , Eric Sandeen , xfs , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 06:46:58PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > Given that it had no license text on it at all, it "defaults" to GPLv2, > > so the GPLv2 SPDX identifier was added to it. > > > > No copyright was changed, nothing at all happened except we explicitly > > list the license of the file, instead of it being "implicit" before. > > Well if Christoph owns the copyright (if there is one) and he has stated > he believes it is too trivial to copyright then it needs an SPDX tag that > indicates the rightsholder has stated it's too trivial to copyright and > (by estoppel) revoked any right they might have to pursue a claim. If Cristoph has revoked any right to pursue a claim, then he's also legally given up the right to complain if, say, Bradley Kuhn starting distributing a version with a GPLv3 permission statement --- or if Greg K-H adds a GPLv2 SPDX identifier. :-) - Ted > I'm sure there's a correct SPDX tag for that ;-) > > Alan