On Tue, 2018-03-20 at 20:48 +0000, Allan, Bruce W wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: netdev-ow...@vger.kernel.org [mailto:netdev-ow...@vger.kernel.org] > > On Behalf Of Jeff Kirsher > > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 10:52 AM > > To: Joe Perches <j...@perches.com>; da...@davemloft.net; Philippe > > Ombredanne <pombreda...@nexb.com> > > Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; nhor...@redhat.com; sassm...@redhat.com; > > jogre...@redhat.com > > Subject: Re: [net-next] intel: add SPDX identifiers to all the Intel drivers > > > > On Tue, 2018-03-20 at 10:41 -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > > On Tue, 2018-03-20 at 10:13 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote: > > > > Add the SPDX identifiers to all the Intel wired LAN driver files, > > > > as > > > > outlined in Documentation/process/license-rules.rst. > > > > > > So far the Documentation does not show using the -only variant. > > > > > > For a discussion, please see: > > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/2/8/311 > > But the Linux Foundation, the authority maintaining the valid SPDX > identifiers, indicates at https://spdx.org/licenses/ that "GPL-2.0" is > deprecated while "GPL-2.0-only" (and others) is appropriate. > Was there any mention in the thread or other conversations if/when the > kernel's documentation (and all existing uses of "GPL-2.0" in the > kernel) will be updated to "GPL-2.0-only"?
Not as far as I know. I believe the uses of "-only" and "-or-later" are superior to the current styles and should be done sooner than later. I trust at some point the documentation will be updated and something like the script I submitted to do the conversions will be run across the tree. At that point, checkpatch will be updated to do appropriate specific license checking. > > > > :-( I had it originally as GPL-2.0 and then it was pointed out that it > > was being deprecated, so rather than creating future thrash over the > > change, figured I would be ahead of the game. > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c > > > > b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c > > > > > > [] > > > > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ > > > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only > > > > > > etc...
