Re: [PATCH 2/3] staging: iio: adis16203: align MODULE_LICENSE with SPDX identifier

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From: Andy Shevchenko

Date: Thu Apr 02 2026 - 04:48:40 EST

On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 04:24:56PM +0000, Sheng Kun Chang wrote:
> The SPDX license identifier is GPL-2.0+ (GPL v2 or later) but
> MODULE_LICENSE was set to "GPL v2" which indicates GPL v2 only.
> Change to "GPL" which means GPL v2 or later, matching the SPDX
> header.

This description has nothing to do with the macro parameter. GPL is new,
GPL v2 is just legacy alias.

Also I think this is unneeded churn. If we want to unify this, needs to
be done for all drivers in IIO.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko