unclear license identifiers

Quentin Schulz quentin.schulz at cherry.de
Thu Jan 8 16:59:02 CET 2026


On 1/8/26 4:47 PM, Quentin Schulz wrote:
> Hi Oliver,
> 
> On 12/19/25 4:51 PM, oliver Fendt wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> I recently did a license analysis of u-boot an I came across some
>> unclear license information in files. I do not know whether this is
>> the right place to put my points, nevertheless I want to share my
>> findings.
>> 1. the file https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? 
>> url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fu-boot%2Fu- 
>> boot%2Fblob%2Fmaster%2Fdrivers%2Fmmc%2Fsdhci- 
>> cadence6.c&data=05%7C02%7Cquentin.schulz%40cherry.de%7Cc65d5ed72ac94f3ad7b908de4ecd611c%7C5e0e1b5221b54e7b83bb514ec460677e%7C0%7C0%7C639034841193276491%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qKgOGalLMURaimcVrCtxVnwN0EEldwTGB1I15M7RdsU%3D&reserved=0
>> contains the following information SPDX-License-Identifier:
>> GPL-2.0-or-platform_driver which is not a valid license identifier, I
>> think GPL-2.0-or-later is meant here.
>>
> 
> +Cc @Kuan Lim Lee, @Alex Soo, @Wei Liang Lim who contributed the driver, 
> they should be able to answer what the intended license was (I assume 
> the same as you).
> 

Mails are bouncing.

+Cc @Hal Feng, @Minda Chen from the same company.

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Cheers,
Quentin


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