Re: [PATCH v2] USB: add SPDX identifiers to all remaining files in drivers/usb/

From: Johan Hovold
Date: Fri Nov 03 2017 - 12:53:07 EST


On Fri, Nov 03, 2017 at 11:28:30AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> It's good to have SPDX identifiers in all files to make it easier to
> audit the kernel tree for correct licenses.
>
> Update the drivers/usb/ and include/linux/usb* files with the correct
> SPDX license identifier based on the license text in the file itself.
> The SPDX identifier is a legally binding shorthand, which can be used
> instead of the full boiler plate text.
>
> This work is based on a script and data from Thomas Gleixner, Philippe
> Ombredanne, and Kate Stewart.
>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kate Stewart <kstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

For USB serial:

Acked-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>

I noticed several MODULE_LICENSE macros which did not match the headers
(e.g. "GPL" being used for version 2 only modules) for which I'll send a
follow-up patch.

Someone should probably write a script for that once the SPDX
identifiers are in.

Johan