From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:67c:670:201:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.90_1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1gt9Q6-0004NF-9d for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2019 11:06:51 +0000 Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:06:36 +0100 From: Roland Hieber Message-ID: <20190211110636.strxlrorw5h5poxw@pengutronix.de> References: <20190207223906.24394-1-rohieb@rohieb.name> <068ce15e-1a72-9b02-2b1f-40a5d32523a0@rempel-privat.de> <20190208085902.4strzly224joqupn@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190208085902.4strzly224joqupn@pengutronix.de> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "barebox" Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] include: add SPDX GPL-2.0-only license tags where applicable To: barebox@lists.infradead.org Cc: Oleksij Rempel On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 09:59:02AM +0100, Roland Hieber wrote: > I noticed that Linux usually removes the license headers and only keeps > the copyright lines, but I wasn't able to find any reason for that. Do > you have more insight here? I tried to google around a bit, and found several discussions, which all end in "SPDX is an industry-wide accepted standard" [1] and "SPDX-License-Identifiers are a legally binding shorthand" [2], but without further elaboration :-/ [1]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10045625/#21135079 [2]: e.g. here https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/854656/ or in the commit message of [1] too - Roland -- Roland Hieber | r.hieber@pengutronix.de | Pengutronix e.K. | https://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim | Phone: +49-5121-206917-5086 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox