Re: [PATCH] platform/chrome: Clarify SPDX license with GPL-2.0-only

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Jun 26 2020 - 10:12:00 EST


On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 10:32:55AM +0200, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 26/6/20 6:33, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 10:06:03PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> >> On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 9:25 PM Enric Balletbo i Serra
> >> <enric.balletbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Remove the ambiguity with GPL-2.0 and use an explicit GPL-2.0-only
> >>> tag.
> >>
> >> Is there any? Last time IIRC Greg told me that in the kernel the old
> >> and new variants are okay.
> >
> > They are just fine, leave it alone, the in-kernel LICENSES/ files show
> > the valid SPDX tags that the kernel allows at this point in time.
> >
>
> I guess my confusion comes from seeing patch series doing this change in the ML
> instead of really reading the documentation. If it's clear, and as per in-kernel
> docs, it is, that a GPL-2.0 tag is a GPL-2.0 only license, that's fine with me.

It is clear, no churn needed, thanks!

greg k-h