Re: [PATCH] drivers: power: supply: goldfish_battery: Fix bogus SPDX identifier

[Thomas Gleixner]

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
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On Tue, 19 Mar 2019, Roman Kiryanov wrote:
> Hi, I am sorry for this warning. I remember I checked all changes I
> sent, maybe missed this one.
> 
> At the bottom the file says
> 
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> 
> and
> 
> // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> 
> makes it inconsistent.

No. It does not.

 1) The module license is not a precise license indicator.

 2) SPDX License identifiers are well defined and standardized. 'GPL' is
    NOT a valid SPDX identifier.

The usage of SPDX identifiers and the relevance of the MODULE_LICENSE()
string are well documented in:

    Documentation/process/license-rules.rst

or for your conveniance at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/license-rules.html

Thanks,

	tglx