Re: [v4,1/9] net-next: phy: new Asix Electronics PHY driver
From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Sun Jan 20 2019 - 12:43:22 EST
On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 11:22:39AM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Michael,
>
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2018, Michael Schmitz wrote:
>
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/net/phy/asix.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > +/* Driver for Asix PHYs
> > + *
> > + * Author: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@xxxxxxxxx>
> > + *
> > + * 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.
> > + *
> > + */
>
> This license information is broken. The SPDX license identifier and the
> boiler plate text are contradicting. The SPDX id is GPL v2 only and the
> boiler plate says v2 or later.
Hi Thomas
Please see:
https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg544312.html
The first two patches are simple SPDX converstions. Then it gets
interesting trying to sort out license inconsistencies.
Andrew