From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_MED,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2F00C43387 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2019 04:22:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8A3720855 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2019 04:22:01 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel-dk.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@kernel-dk.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="Hs8xxZVL" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727112AbfAREWA (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jan 2019 23:22:00 -0500 Received: from mail-pg1-f180.google.com ([209.85.215.180]:41658 "EHLO mail-pg1-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726834AbfAREV7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jan 2019 23:21:59 -0500 Received: by mail-pg1-f180.google.com with SMTP id m1so5418518pgq.8 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2019 20:21:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel-dk.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=SIlPpI+xqS202WJQwxgXFlRMI+IiYvgdSwwPnhOt1vw=; b=Hs8xxZVLRQ9nKfqbEBWalOdJOZ0Hk+sU4EhCfHyDwPgrBLl9WZcfwtuWXsCENnGGDv EzdOJoz96Z+8/4g8M+xeJw8exnEM4+DhyuGRFr0RmvWqh3bUMPDHauMD8eWyaKNQRXvL Yd1GpiCx5CoypLq0Jywfkts+AnIwN2kd3gxf+2n1IKI1y+S+H8lSc6KLQN+y55dww2R0 muSvuQGmIN3P/KNu4nEfts3/ljXCDlFzPrXYe4oj8FPJvyi70fmnJdG478+jt23ZQXuY L87CaIilL0DLPHD/cYFDZ5e5orl8mVxm8tq4DvUzIfITC0N9yss9g1kpdtgX0z2geYWt cscA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=SIlPpI+xqS202WJQwxgXFlRMI+IiYvgdSwwPnhOt1vw=; b=rsfd8Ahk+8kYXk7EVMV/koxR/YYCSUGqZ9hCEq7Ca/B+LKnq5a9La8Y1AJnhmhdqOl nbDD8QXAdvKlBeAEUl0Nxw1Y0Trht5jXAXGa4bcXr/V5zhlu0hze0utF6stfX2EJ4kLC duSGjhuXPRZZtcO5hiKPPN2clRtSN/mSYDnD4kaHZhJ/Oi/QFeGhSaenB9HaETbjk7L2 CrRys1ohmoKF5P2Rt8Y8xUFKtIz9ExH4wUJk1u41uwc9AVxHGoADBzXY5K5NBstgS2Ko x4DMZPEk1o2xoQKtNknYoX2Bcw1C34QvgTVTcBc9TYjnQNkfUE2lmNyUylL1Eno+NG6y LkdA== X-Gm-Message-State: AJcUukdhpRZjIFiI8gK8mCZKPaGraHdFqk02T9+Ss2fJEkqnwVk25AXM Iw+J0Ko6ooY8ryY/BrL8zQdhpg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ALg8bN4c3Y07fVwXyCnpJpKZUPR2XjNjuG6XBD3jMBm0kgc6/t6SIk+UE7rqgBlbPCyAf3spiK2ysQ== X-Received: by 2002:a62:4d81:: with SMTP id a123mr18312631pfb.122.1547785318942; Thu, 17 Jan 2019 20:21:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.121] (66.29.188.166.static.utbb.net. [66.29.188.166]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z186sm4285907pfz.119.2019.01.17.20.21.55 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 17 Jan 2019 20:21:57 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [patch 1/9] block: Cleanup license notice To: Thomas Gleixner , LKML Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Kate Stewart , Jonathan Corbet , Bart Van Assche , Damien Le Moal , Matias Bjorling , Christoph Hellwig , linux-block@vger.kernel.org References: <20190117231416.111952141@linutronix.de> <20190117231500.874215239@linutronix.de> From: Jens Axboe Message-ID: Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:21:54 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.2.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190117231500.874215239@linutronix.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 1/17/19 4:14 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > Remove the imprecise and sloppy: > > "This files is licensed under the GPL." > > license notice in the top level comment. > > 1) The file already contains a SPDX license identifier which clearly > states that the license of the file is GPL V2 only > > 2) The notice resolves to GPL v1 or later for scanners which is just > contrary to the intent of SPDX identifiers to provide clear and non > ambiguous license information. Aside of that the value add of this > notice is below zero, Applied, thanks Thomas. -- Jens Axboe