Hi Masahiro
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Masahiro Yamada yamada.m@jp.panasonic.comwrote:
Hello, Wolfgang.
New files being added to U-Boot should no longer include a multi-line license header; instead, they shall contain a single line Unique Lincense Identifier, i. e. a line like this:
SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+I have a question about this. Does this rule apply to files imported from other projects?
For example, when adding files that originate from the Linux Kernel with modification for U-Boot, should we replace the legacy license block with SPDX-License-Identifer? Or can we keep the license block untouched
I kind of raised this before - SPDX is not only a way of simplifying the license text, but also to provide a 'chain of authenticity'.
The idea would be to reduce the license text in U-Boot to just the SPDX-License-Identifier, but we should also provide details on where the original file came from. I guess this is the next (harder) step.
Wolfgang: How do you think this should be best handled? I still haven't found a definitive reference for the use of SPDX-License-Identifier - are there other identifiers which can be used to specify the original source of the file?
Regards,
Graeme