[U-Boot] SPDX License status

[Masahiro Yamada]

2017-08-25 16:46 GMT+09:00 Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de>:
> Dear Tom,
>
> In message <20170825012557.GK2827 at bill-the-cat> you wrote:
>>
>> Actual code we have to take care with anyhow, but it's still up to the
>> person that has to handle the syncing.
>
> Really?  Should we not rather implement a common, consistent policy
> for the whole project?
>
> Our patch submission already include a rule for new code [1]:
>
>         If you add new files, please always make sure that these
>         contain your copyright note and a GPLv2+
>         SPDX-License-Identifier, for example like this:
>
>         (C) Copyright 2010  Joe Hacker <jh at hackers.paradise.com>
>
>         SPDX-License-Identifier:        GPL-2.0+
>
> Should we not ask the same for code merged from other projects?
>
> [1] Bullet #3 in http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/U-Boot/Patches#Attributing_Code_Copyrights_Sign
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
> --


As you may have already noticed, there seemed to be a progress in Linux.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/11/2/590



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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada