[PATCH 1/1] general: fix GPL-2.0-or-later SPDX headers

[Tom Rini]

On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 03:51:39PM +0200, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> On 23.10.23 15:43, Tom Rini wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 07:47:07PM +0200, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> > 
> > > SPDX headers should use GPL-2.0-or-later and not GPL-2.0+.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com>
> > 
> > So, first, iirc GPL-2.0+ is deprecated, but still valid, yes? We should
> > use the current form of all tags moving forward as I do remember there's
> > a reason for the switch to "-or-later" from "+". But second, the linux
> > kernel is still full of "GPL-2.0+" including dts files that this patch
> > changes, and so will get lost again on re-sync.
> > 
> 
> I cannot find GPL-2.0+ in https://spdx.org/licenses/ anymore. It was marked
> deprecated in 2017.

Yes, deprecated is still valid. A quick peek at the kernel shows ~4600
"+" and ~8800 "or-later".  So please re-work this to not touch the dts
and binding files that come from Linux, so we don't revert this change
on resyncs, thanks.

-- 
Tom
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