Re: [PATCH v3] checkpatch.pl: Add SPDX license tag check

[Joe Perches]

On Sat, 2017-11-11 at 15:22 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 05:53:12AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Fri, 2017-11-10 at 14:19 -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> > > SPDX license tags are a thing now in the kernel[1]. It has also been
> > > decided to make them the first line in files. As Linus put it:
> > 
> > Yes, SPDX tags are used in about a quarter of the files
> > in the kernel.
> > 
> > Again, where is this shown to be desired that this goes
> > into _every_ file?
> 
> The documentation that states this should be published this weekend, or
> on Monday, depending on people's travel schedules, please give it a
> chance...
> 
> thanks,

checkpatch should not take the lead in setting licensing policy.
So unless and until the documentation patch is accepted: nak.