Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3] checkpatch.pl: Add SPDX license tag check | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Sat, 11 Nov 2017 06:26:44 -0800 |
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On Sat, 2017-11-11 at 15:22 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 05:53:12AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Fri, 2017-11-10 at 14:19 -0600, Rob Herring wrote: > > > SPDX license tags are a thing now in the kernel[1]. It has also been > > > decided to make them the first line in files. As Linus put it: > > > > Yes, SPDX tags are used in about a quarter of the files > > in the kernel. > > > > Again, where is this shown to be desired that this goes > > into _every_ file? > > The documentation that states this should be published this weekend, or > on Monday, depending on people's travel schedules, please give it a > chance... > > thanks,
checkpatch should not take the lead in setting licensing policy. So unless and until the documentation patch is accepted: nak.
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