[U-Boot] [IMPORTANT NOTE] License handling

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue Jul 30 12:58:41 CEST 2013


Dear Masahiro Yamada,

In message <20130730195026.79DC.AA925319 at jp.panasonic.com> you wrote:
> 
> Does this rule apply to files imported from other projects?

Yes, it does.  The whole process only makes sense when all files in
the U-Boot source tree can be identified based on the SPDX ID strings.

> For example, when adding files that originate from the Linux Kernel
> with modification for U-Boot, should we replace the legacy license
> block with SPDX-License-Identifer?

Yes, please do.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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