From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: References: <20210326210647.8648-1-rhi@pengutronix.de> <20210330110855.efi4twmm5ybbub2u@pengutronix.de> <2fee9810-d20a-dea2-9eb8-9fd5c2ef07f0@pengutronix.de> <20210330133040.srgjieqjojrgkaio@pengutronix.de> <0254ee44-047f-abe9-af4a-43cdfde0dccd@pengutronix.de> <20210330140039.t37z4tya6o2pw2ar@pengutronix.de> From: Ahmad Fatoum Message-ID: Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:04:41 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210330140039.t37z4tya6o2pw2ar@pengutronix.de> Content-Language: en-US Subject: Re: [OSS-Tools] [PATCH dt-utils 1/4] treewide: add SPDX identifiers to files with GPL-2.0-or-later license List-Id: Pengutronix Public Open-Source-Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Errors-To: oss-tools-bounces@pengutronix.de Sender: "OSS-Tools" To: =?UTF-8?Q?Uwe_Kleine-K=c3=b6nig?= Cc: oss-tools@pengutronix.de, Roland Hieber On 30.03.21 16:00, Uwe Kleine-K=F6nig wrote: > Hi Ahmad, > = > On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 03:50:19PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote: >> On 30.03.21 15:30, Uwe Kleine-K=F6nig wrote: >>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 01:22:26PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote: >>>> On 30.03.21 13:08, Roland Hieber wrote: >>>>> Uwe, could I get a Reviewed-by from you for these four patches? :-) >>>> >>>> We must still carry the full license texts in the project (cf. Linux >>>> LICENSES/). This is missing here, no? >>> >>> well, it depends on what you want to achieve. If you want to become SPDX >>> conformant this is indeed necessary. IMHO the conversion from several >>> different boilerplate license specifications to a single line is >>> beneficial even if the full licenses are not (yet) in the project. >> >> If the code says that the license terms need to be distributed along >> with the software, you are violating the license terms, if you don't >> abide by this. This is unrelated to SPDX-Conformance. > = > If distributing the full license text is required, this was a problem > already before, wasn't it? Hmm, indeed. GPL-2.0 license text exists in COPYING. Zlib license text doesn't exist in full. > = > Best regards > Uwe -- = Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ OSS-Tools mailing list OSS-Tools@pengutronix.de