Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: reset: Add bindings for the Meson-AXG SoC Reset Controller

From: Kevin Hilman
Date: Thu Jan 17 2019 - 14:31:37 EST


On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 11:29 AM Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> [ + Jianxin since Yixun is no longer at Amlogic ]
>
> Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > On Mon, 12 Nov 2018, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> >
> > Gentle ping.
> >
> >> Yixun,
> >>
> >> On Fri, 10 Nov 2017, Yixun Lan wrote:
> >>
> >> > +/*
> >> > + *
> >> > + * Copyright (c) 2016 BayLibre, SAS.
> >> > + * Author: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > + *
> >> > + * Copyright (c) 2017 Amlogic, inc.
> >> > + * Author: Yixun Lan <yixun.lan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > + *
> >> > + * SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ OR BSD)
> >>
> >> There are two things wrong:
> >>
> >> 1) The placement. See Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
> >>
> >> 2) BSD is not a valid license id. You really have to decide which BSD
> >> variant to use.
> >>
> >> Please get that fixed as especially #2 is broken. The goal of using SPDX is
> >> to provide reliable license information for compliance tools.
> >
> > This still is broken:
> >
> > # scripts/spdxcheck.py include/dt-bindings/
> > include/dt-bindings/reset/amlogic,meson-axg-reset.h: 9:41 Invalid License ID: BSD
>
> Jianxin, can you fix this and clarify which BSD license was intended by
> Amlogic?
>
> If this isn't fixed soon, I will cleanup and remove the BSD part and
> Amlogic can clarify with a subsequent patch.

Oops, nevermind. Looks like Jerome already did the cleanup.

Kevin