Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] mfd: cros_ec: Add or fix SPDX-License-Identifier in all files.

[Enric Balletbo i Serra]

Hi Lee,

On 18/06/18 08:37, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Jun 2018, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote:
> 
>> And get rid of the license text that is no longer necessary. Also fix
>> the license as sometimes doesn't match what the header with the value in
>> the MODULE_LICENSE macro. Assuming that the desired license is GPL-2.0+,
>> all the files are updated to this license version.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> Changes in v2: None
>>
>>  drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c                | 26 ++++++++------------------
>>  drivers/mfd/cros_ec_dev.c            | 23 +++++------------------
>>  drivers/mfd/cros_ec_dev.h            | 16 ++--------------
>>  drivers/mfd/cros_ec_i2c.c            | 18 ++++--------------
>>  drivers/mfd/cros_ec_spi.c            | 20 +++++---------------
>>  include/linux/mfd/cros_ec.h          | 10 +---------
>>  include/linux/mfd/cros_ec_commands.h | 10 +---------
>>  include/linux/mfd/cros_ec_lpc_mec.h  | 14 +++-----------
>>  include/linux/mfd/cros_ec_lpc_reg.h  | 14 +++-----------
>>  9 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 119 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c b/drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c
>> index 58e05069163e..5b6a1c541543 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c
>> @@ -1,21 +1,11 @@
>> -/*
>> - * ChromeOS EC multi-function device
>> - *
>> - * Copyright (C) 2012 Google, Inc
>> - *
>> - * This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
>> - * License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
>> - * may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
>> - *
>> - * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>> - * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>> - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
>> - * GNU General Public License for more details.
>> - *
>> - * The ChromeOS EC multi function device is used to mux all the requests
>> - * to the EC device for its multiple features: keyboard controller,
>> - * battery charging and regulator control, firmware update.
>> - */
>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
>> +// ChromeOS EC multi-function device.
>> +//
>> +// Copyright (C) 2012 Google, Inc
>> +//
>> +// The ChromeOS EC multi function device is used to mux all the requests
>> +// to the EC device for its multiple features: keyboard controller,
>> +// battery charging and regulator control, firmware update.
> 
> I must admit I haven't seen a great many patches like this.  Is C++
> comments for the SPDX header *and* the Copyright text the done thing
> now then?
> 

There is a bit of mess here, as per documentation, it is clear that the SPDX tag
for .c files should go in C++ style, but for the copyright notice is not clear
and there are differences between subsystems.

Seems that putting everything as // is Linus Torvalds' preferred style [1] but
other maintainers want the copyright in c-style. If you see current status in
the kernel both styles are present.

[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/11/25/133

Best regards,
 Enric