Re: [PATCH] platform/chrome: Clarify SPDX license with GPL-2.0-only

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 12:52:21PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2020-06-25 at 22:35 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 10:33 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 10:29 PM Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2020-06-25 at 22:06 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 9:25 PM Enric Balletbo i Serra
> > > > > <enric.balletbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > Remove the ambiguity with GPL-2.0 and use an explicit GPL-2.0-only
> > > > > > tag.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Is there any? Last time IIRC Greg told me that in the kernel the old
> > > > > and new variants are okay.
> > > > 
> > > > If there wasn't any ambiguity, the older license
> > > > style wouldn't be deprecated by SPDX.org.
> > > 
> > > They are _not_ deprecated according to kernel documentation:
> > > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0
> > > 
> > > So, fix documentation in the kernel then.
> > 
> > That said, NAK to the patch as long as in-kernel documentation says it's valid.
> 
> Maintainers and authors should get to chose whatever
> license text they prefer with the assent of the licensors.
> 
> A NAK here by you doesn't make much sense to me.

Yes, it's a private opinion from a PDx86 maintainer.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko