Re: [PATCH net-next 02/10] net: macsec: convert to SPDX

[Antoine Tenart]

Hi Andrew,

On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 06:03:06PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 04:56:30PM +0100, Antoine Tenart wrote:
> > This cosmetic patch converts the macsec implementation license header to
> > the now recommended format, SPDX.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/macsec.c | 6 +-----
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
> > index 64a982563d59..56e354305f76 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
> > @@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> >  /*
> >   * drivers/net/macsec.c - MACsec device
> >   *
> >   * Copyright (c) 2015 Sabrina Dubroca <sd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > - *
> > - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> > - * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> > - * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> > - * (at your option) any later version.
> >   */
> >  
> >  #include <linux/types.h>
> 
> linux$ tail -4 drivers/net/macsec.c
> MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY("macsec");
> 
> MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MACsec IEEE 802.1AE");
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> 
> The license text and the MODULE_LICENSE() don't agree with each other.
> It would be good to fix this as well.

That's right, I'll fix it in v2. In such cases, the license text takes
precedence over the MODULE_LICENSE() definition ?

Thanks!
Antoine

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