[PATCH v2] ARM: dts: imx6-karo: Replace license text comment with SPDX identifier

Shawn Guo shawnguo2 at yeah.net
Tue Aug 19 20:05:57 PDT 2025


On Thu, Aug 07, 2025 at 04:46:26PM +0200, Csókás Bence wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 2025. 07. 03. 11:09, Bence Csókás wrote:
> > Replace verbatim license text with a `SPDX-License-Identifier`
> > 
> > The comment header mis-attributes this license to be "X11", but the
> > license text does not include the last line "Except as contained in this
> > notice, the name of the X Consortium shall not be used in advertising or
> > otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software
> > without prior written authorization from the X Consortium.". Therefore,
> > this license is actually equivalent to the SPDX "MIT" license (confirmed
> > by text diffing).
> > 
> > Cc: Lothar Waßmann <LW at KARO-electronics.de>
> > Acked-By: Lothar Waßmann <LW at KARO-electronics.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Bence Csókás <csokas.bence at prolan.hu>
> > ---
> > Changes in v2:
> > - fix message tags and typos
> > - collect Lothar's Ack
> 
> So, what do you think, is this patch acceptable now this way?

Hmm, I applied it [1], didn't I?

Shawn

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