On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 09:56:40AM -0800, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > On 12/10/2017 9:27 PM, Hemant Agrawal wrote: > > Hi all, > > Most templates are showing copyright first and SPDX later i.e. the > > typical way for writing the license. > > > > However some projects has followed it other way around to make it easy > > for tools i.e. the TOP line. > > > > I agree with Ferruh that we shall follow single convention. I will > > prefer to do it in following way to make it consistent. (I will also fix > > my change patches). > > > > >> Copyright (C) [YEAR] NAME-OF-COPYRIGHT-HOLDER > > >> Copyright (C) [YEAR] NAME-OF-COPYRIGHT-HOLDER-2 > > >> Copyright (C) [YEAR] NAME-OF-COPYRIGHT-HOLDER-3 > > >> SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause > > Stephen mentioned Linux already has a defined syntax for this, unless there > is a > good reason to change I think we can follow same syntax, what do you think?
As far as I can see, it's not yet integrated in Linux. The latest documentation I can find as of today is: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10091607/ About the first line: """ The SPDX license identifier in kernel files shall be added at the first possible line in a file which can contain a comment. For the majority """ Some recomandations look a bit inconsistent to me, but I didn't follow all the history: """ C source: // SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression> C header: /* SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression> */ """ Olivier
