Re: [PATCH] USB: add SPDX identifiers to all files in drivers/usb/

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Thu Oct 19 2017 - 05:15:52 EST


On Thu, 19 Oct 2017, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:52 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:49:47AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> >> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > It's good to have SPDX identifiers in all files to make it easier to
> >> > audit the kernel tree for correct licenses. This patch adds these
> >> > identifiers to all files in drivers/usb/ based on a script and data from
> >> > Thomas Gleixner, Philippe Ombredanne, and Kate Stewart.
> >> >
> >> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > Cc: Kate Stewart <kstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > Cc: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@xxxxxxxx>
> >> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > ---
> >> > Unless someone really complains, I'm going to add this to my tree for
> >> > 4.15-rc1.
> >>
> >> It would be good to include a diffstat, esp. when touching +600 files.
> >
> > I wanted to, but I was worried it would be too long to prevent the patch
> > from hitting the list :)
> >
> > Here it is:
>
> [...]
>
> Thanks!
>
> BTW, some files seem to be "SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0+".
> Was this intentional, given COPYING says the default is v2?

Yes. The license mentioned in the file says something like:

This is licensed under GPL.

which is equivalent to GPL-1.0+.

Thanks,

tglx