Re: [PATCH 02/11] staging: iio: adc: ad7606: Use SPDX identifier

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Thu Dec 13 2018 - 08:22:22 EST


On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 02:46:14PM +0200, Stefan Popa wrote:
> This patch replaces the license text at the top of ad7606 driver files
> and instead adds SPDX GPL-2.0+ license identifier.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Popa <stefan.popa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7606.c | 5 ++---
> drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7606.h | 3 +--
> drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7606_par.c | 5 ++---
> drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7606_spi.c | 5 ++---
> 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7606.c b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7606.c
> index 7308fa8..aa5ab1e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7606.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7606.c
> @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> /*
> * AD7606 SPI ADC driver
> *
> * Copyright 2011 Analog Devices Inc.
> - *
> - * Licensed under the GPL-2.

You've changed the license from 2 to 2+. That's literally breaking the
law. As in country laws with lawsuits and fines and what not. Please
be very careful with this stuff.

regards,
dan carpenter