From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E1FCC6786F for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2018 11:27:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E90F220665 for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2018 11:27:35 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="DWSch+WV" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org E90F220665 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727519AbeJ1UL4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Oct 2018 16:11:56 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:34130 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726379AbeJ1UL4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Oct 2018 16:11:56 -0400 Received: from localhost (unknown [82.113.183.179]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id ABD4B20665; Sun, 28 Oct 2018 11:27:32 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1540726053; bh=GAa/n9tganBEmZd/WjaK0WT8uguEtBa/6wYqufA6hEI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=DWSch+WVUOdfUznw/hgME/RsjTNPbDCF1E/R+B1QjEwNaOEjjG6Yzs5siPA2OVmSc 24lTKXTBS8otjJMLCpOOuNGyzPDAjDHsSrAeidV/Al7GaCF07Txxu5iqfrGpp2vRfG TNZ+uHWTzPNSyaCHqo3fFO5lZdSWhROj0PI4VTZo= Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 11:27:28 +0000 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Michael Straube Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Which SPDX Identifier for files without explicit GPL version Message-ID: <20181028112728.GD8826@kroah.com> References: <406c69c1-43fd-f821-b74b-a1399ed636e9@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <406c69c1-43fd-f821-b74b-a1399ed636e9@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 11:04:06AM +0100, Michael Straube wrote: > Hi, > > which GPL version should be used in SPDX Identifiers for files that > are GPL licensed but do not mention any version? It is not clear to > me after reading license-rules.rst. > > For example: > > /****************************************************************************** > * Copyright(c) 2008 - 2010 Realtek Corporation. All rights reserved. > * > * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT > * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or > * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for > * more details. > * > * The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in the > * file called LICENSE. Perhaps look up what version of the GPL that was originally contained in the tarball that this driver was bundled with? I think that should be on their website somewhere... If not, it's v1, not a good thing, but all we have to go on. Also, try emailing: > * Contact Information: > * wlanfae That address :) thanks, greg k-h