Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch 1/7] Documentation: Add license-rules.rst to describe how to properly identify file licenses | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Sun, 12 Nov 2017 11:54:34 -0800 |
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On Sun, 2017-11-12 at 20:18 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > Add a file to the Documentation directory to describe how file licenses > should be described in all kernel files, using the SPDX identifier, as well > as where all licenses should be in the kernel source tree for people to > refer to (LICENSES/). > > Thanks to Kate, Philippe and Greg for review and editing! p[ > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/license-rules.rst [] > +The common way of expressing the license of a source file is to add the > +matching boiler plate text into the top comment of the file. Due to > +formatting, typos etc. These "boiler plates" are hard to validate for > +tools, which are used in the context of license compliance.
There is bad sentence construction here and it is a little difficult to parse what is intended.
"These" should not be capitalized.
This SPDX info should also be place in the Documentation/process content somewhere.
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