From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail65.out.titan.email (mail65.out.titan.email [34.235.186.108]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EB8A9263F4A for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2026 18:32:20 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=34.235.186.108 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770316345; cv=none; b=h2veldTrkkPMxZMOAFSyZpFJviXvJ4zd/5WT5CmI66KZ9cl0efvw8wIejQX9aLzvzJ6fJcdlZgH6tneTOnSwwy6RDn4cyxxyFskSKCg3nE3IBpppnuayET11h5rwfw9c8QPSlLhLLczk1/0QXdFCEhMlbwQO2zbllworD1MCNAI= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770316345; c=relaxed/simple; bh=ZfA8PkAFdlwHrlgMLfk3+aMoMG3RKUERJ1HxM1B/+VQ=; h=Content-Type:Mime-Version:Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc: Message-Id:References:To; b=aBXaWFN3BozM44/Kfzqz6n3lVMBb83woATK7b2bqmfAqnyjgl/09TkVGm8IMOJBU6/gUUPf/oJor+l09SPMSmdClDBD3rxO5ASN/k7s3JHIjX+zJFgAALjeUZEPAMAqD1usH/GLUl7KgYwi0vE+qRBHnguAuFcNf04K6cWKjl2E= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=amidevlab.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=amidevlab.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=amidevlab.com header.i=@amidevlab.com header.b=cHqs/fpk; arc=none smtp.client-ip=34.235.186.108 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=amidevlab.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=amidevlab.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=amidevlab.com header.i=@amidevlab.com header.b="cHqs/fpk" Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-out.flockmail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4f6Qn01llBz7t9l; Thu, 5 Feb 2026 18:32:20 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; bh=DN4f2HEBvDbl5vUvK2HOeo6rwR2EUlqz6bPOAMCA7cE=; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=amidevlab.com; h=mime-version:from:to:in-reply-to:message-id:references:subject:date:cc:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to; q=dns/txt; s=titan1; t=1770316340; v=1; b=cHqs/fpk7jX1EyVQy4A9Ia7euCJVcKYyMYQqhnp9H1NPik6vemTpYKpSpMDffbQJU64Gww79 ww3JcTWf/CIU0CnuJQjQIjuk6hLi0VraPPKan5B3L4II94O6UqdBC2b3qtBNGreYin414MLLoA8 rdjinBlqH2jn2pm55F2t+q6M= Received: from smtpclient.apple (unknown [122.172.85.244]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp-out.flockmail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4f6Qmx46YBz7tHq; Thu, 5 Feb 2026 18:32:17 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3864.300.41.1.7\)) Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] docs: process: maintainer-pgp-guide: update kernel.org docs link Feedback-ID: :amitabh@amidevlab.com:amidevlab.com:flockmailId From: Amitabh In-Reply-To: <87sebfgqdf.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 00:02:00 +0530 Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Amitabh Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <3AB51D59-A054-4847-91CD-DFF3A2EB5F04@amidevlab.com> References: <20260205115554.7795-1-amitabh@amidevlab.com> <875x8bi6su.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> <87sebfgqdf.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> To: Jonathan Corbet , konstantin@linuxfoundation.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3864.300.41.1.7) X-F-Verdict: SPFVALID X-Titan-Src-Out: 1770316340041323123.6018.6051918048607993769@prod-use1-smtp-out1002. X-CMAE-Score: 0 X-CMAE-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=fsImZE4f c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=6984e234 a=txo+5pS2dMFdB056rU3bsA==:117 a=txo+5pS2dMFdB056rU3bsA==:17 a=VwQbUJbxAAAA:8 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=CEWIc4RMnpUA:10 a=07d9gI8wAAAA:8 a=4yxl8aT0AAAA:8 a=unKpqin9n7vsr-xuANsA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=e2CUPOnPG4QKp8I52DXD:22 a=oCAeEeOuyiZLRzIZmmpZ:22 Hi Jon, > On 5 Feb 2026, at 9:00=E2=80=AFPM, Jonathan Corbet = wrote: >=20 > Amitabh writes: >=20 >> Hi Jon, >>=20 >>> On 5 Feb 2026, at 8:19=E2=80=AFPM, Jonathan Corbet = wrote: >>>=20 >>> Amitabh Srivastava writes: >>>=20 >>>> Update http link to the documentation about how to add a kernel.org = UID to >>>> the maintainer's key. Add missing SPDX-License-Identifier to fix a >>>> checkpatch warning. >>>>=20 >>>> Signed-off-by: Amitabh Srivastava >>>> --- >>>> Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst | 4 +++- >>>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >>>>=20 >>>> diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst = b/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst >>>> index b6919bf606c3..1e4d885dc784 100644 >>>> --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst >>>> +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst >>>> @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ >>>> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 >>>> + >>>=20 >>> Do you know that was the intended license for this file? We need to = be >>> careful about putting license declarations on other people's work. >>>=20 >> Yes, The Linux kernel documentation is typically licensed under = GPL-2.0. >=20 > I am aware of kernel documentation practices :) "Typically licensed" > does not tell you what any individual contributor intended, though. > *Probably* that tag is OK, but you should really consult with the > original author of that page to ask what their intent was. You are absolutely correct. In fact, the original author, Konstantin = Ryabitsev, (in TO here) responded to my v1 patch in the affirmative regarding the = changes. = (https://lore.kernel.org/all/177006480695.901069.1641199463436529014@lemur= /) >=20 >> Other files in the directory contain the same = 'SPDX-License-Identifier' as well. >> However, I have added this just to satisfy checkpatch.pl requirement, = which >> checks for missing license information in documentation files. Let me = know if >> you think otherwise. >=20 > Checkpatch makes suggestions, not requirements. All files in the = kernel > should have SPDX lines, but they need to be the correct ones, not just > somebody's guess. >=20 I went with the common practice, but, can wait for konstantin to endorse = this. > Thanks, >=20 > jon Regards Amitabh