Re: [PATCH] USB: add SPDX identifiers to all files in drivers/usb/

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Greg,

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:52 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:49:47AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
>> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > It's good to have SPDX identifiers in all files to make it easier to
>> > audit the kernel tree for correct licenses.  This patch adds these
>> > identifiers to all files in drivers/usb/ based on a script and data from
>> > Thomas Gleixner, Philippe Ombredanne, and Kate Stewart.
>> >
>> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: Kate Stewart <kstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@xxxxxxxx>
>> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>> > Unless someone really complains, I'm going to add this to my tree for
>> > 4.15-rc1.
>>
>> It would be good to include a diffstat, esp. when touching +600 files.
>
> I wanted to, but I was worried it would be too long to prevent the patch
> from hitting the list :)
>
> Here it is:

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Thanks!

BTW, some files seem to be "SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0+".
Was this intentional, given COPYING says the default is v2?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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