On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 05:45:03PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Hi Rob, > > 2017-02-24 0:56 GMT+09:00 Rob Herring <[email protected]>: > > Add a check for using SPDX-License-Identifier tags to define the license of > > .dts{i} and DT header files rather than using free form license text. This > > check looks for GPL, BSD, or X11(really incorrectly labeled MIT license) > > license text which are the commonly used DT licenses. > > > > Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <[email protected]> > > Cc: Andy Whitcroft <[email protected]> > > Cc: Joe Perches <[email protected]> > > I have a question. > > Is SPDX encouraged only for DT? > > What should we do with C source files?
Depends on the maintainer and your lawyer I guess. gregkh is supportive[1]. I wouldn't recommend changing existing license text though. Rob [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/2/15/968
