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=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no 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 68905C54EEB for ; Mon, 27 Apr 2020 18:36:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4868D20B1F for ; Mon, 27 Apr 2020 18:36:33 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1588012593; bh=4yeOpdjOcM2uN050wdKefgY2OBgaSb4yMnUi7uul+W0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=bi6/0wucu22M264cs216CbN9by9JwILUb/P2MT8BydkGH/IA7mUYyuUuX8xyn5pYL hSPjHSdVbYS9H8p24aumZW3eogMbucCDVNfYYCdTf6KEh303VC1sxrvTPNaV2WkIov Z8tlABPoC0QoMiNvIGFjehddwi4StWc+GbrZOmJw= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726526AbgD0Sgc (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:36:32 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:50930 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725995AbgD0Sgc (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:36:32 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (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 15BB7205C9; Mon, 27 Apr 2020 18:36:30 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1588012591; bh=4yeOpdjOcM2uN050wdKefgY2OBgaSb4yMnUi7uul+W0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=H7bCoGTr/tECOY3qgcnHq/ocLAWoZIXkwN70/+6lyh3D6MNRzf+Pzupd4xvJhqeGR qOk52AEITmb8R7rPaeRk7HkZzuwd3eTc2C4xSA03QFva/jne/qd9gG57rYLi8ypQEn hDKYf5BfKz7uCETo7/ZFtbOsH1FwpzKqMRK2z+E8= Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 20:36:29 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Joe Perches Cc: "Darrick J. Wong" , Linus Torvalds , Kate Stewart , Nishad Kamdar , Uwe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kleine-K=F6nig?= , Pengutronix Kernel Team , linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier Message-ID: <20200427183629.GA20158@kroah.com> References: <20200425133504.GA11354@nishad> <20200427155617.GY6749@magnolia> <20200427172959.GB3936841@kroah.com> <515362d10c06567f35f0d5b7c3f2e121769fb04b.camel@perches.com> <20200427174611.GA4035548@kroah.com> <791a97d5d4dfd11af533a0bbd6ae27d1a2d479ee.camel@perches.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <791a97d5d4dfd11af533a0bbd6ae27d1a2d479ee.camel@perches.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 11:01:38AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Mon, 2020-04-27 at 19:46 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 10:41:58AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > > On Mon, 2020-04-27 at 19:29 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 08:56:18AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 07:05:09PM +0530, Nishad Kamdar wrote: > > > > > > This patch corrects the SPDX License Identifier style in > > > > > > header files related to XFS File System support. > > > > > > For C header files Documentation/process/license-rules.rst > > > > > > mandates C-like comments (opposed to C source files where > > > > > > C++ style should be used). > > > > > > > > > > > > Changes made by using a script provided by Joe Perches here: > > > > > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/2/7/46. > > > [] > > > > > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ag_resv.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ag_resv.h > > > [] > > > > > > @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ > > > > > > -// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ > > > > > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */ > > > > > > > > > > I thought we were supposed to use 'GPL-2.0-or-newer' because 'GPL-2.0+' > > > > > is deprecated in some newer version of the SPDX standard? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The kernel follows the "older" SPDX standard, but will accept either, > > > > it's up to the author. It is all documented in LICENSES/ if people > > > > really want to make sure. > > > > > > I think the kernel should prefer the "newer" SPDX standard > > > for any/all changes to these lines. > > > --- > > > LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 | 8 ++++---- > > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 b/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 > > > index ff0812..c50f93 100644 > > > --- a/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 > > > +++ b/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 > > > @@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ Usage-Guide: > > > tag/value pairs into a comment according to the placement > > > guidelines in the licensing rules documentation. > > > For 'GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 only' use: > > > - SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > > > - or > > > SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only > > > + or the deprecated alternative > > > + SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > > > For 'GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or any later version' use: > > > - SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ > > > - or > > > SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later > > > + or the deprecated alternative > > > + SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ > > > License-Text: > > > > At the moment, I do not, as the current ones are not "depreciated" at > > all. > > https://spdx.org/licenses/ > > shows the GPL-2.0 and GPL-2.0+ as deprecated. > > https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.html > https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0+.html > Again, we are not using the "new" version of the SPDX specification just yet. We started out using one specific version, let's get the whole kernel converted first before worrying about trying to keep up with their newer releases please. We still have a ways to go... thanks, greg k-h