Re: [patch 3/9] crypto: morus - Cleanup license mess

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Jan 18 2019 - 01:51:16 EST


On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 10:26:07PM -0200, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 9:17 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > --- a/include/crypto/morus1280_glue.h
> > +++ b/include/crypto/morus1280_glue.h
> > @@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
> > -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
>
> Shouldn't this be: /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */ ?
>
> At least this is the form documented in Documentation/process/license-rules.rst:
>
> " License identifiers for licenses like [L]GPL with the 'or later' option
> are constructed by using a "+" for indicating the 'or later' option.::
>
> // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+"

Either works, please see LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0

Personally, I think we should stick with the "+" version as that is the
much more prevalent use in the kernel at the moment, but it's Thomas's
call, not mine.

thanks,

greg k-h