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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] hwmon (occ): Fix license headers
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On 1/21/19 1:15 PM, Eddie James wrote:
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> On 01/21/2019 02:19 PM, Joel Stanley wrote:
>> On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 at 06:56, Eddie James <eajames@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
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>>> --- a/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.h
>>> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.h
>>> @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
>>> -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
>>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
>>> +// Copyright IBM Corp 2019
>> We want to use the /* */ syntax for headers. Take a closer look at
>> Documentation/process/license-rules.rst:
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> Oops. Do I put the copyright in the copyright in the same comment block then? Or use // for that?

Separate comment block. The SPDX comment block is expected to be on its own.
But please don't make it even more messy than it already is by using //
subsequently for the IBM copyright.

Guenter

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>> 2. Style:
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>>     The SPDX license identifier is added in form of a comment.  The comment
>>     style depends on the file type::
>>
>>        C source: // SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression>
>>        C header: /* SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression> */
>>
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