[PATCH v2 2/2] docs: Note new requirement to include a SPDX line

Veronika Kabatova vkabatov at redhat.com
Tue Sep 18 03:34:19 AEST 2018


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Finucane" <stephen at that.guru>
> To: patchwork at lists.ozlabs.org
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2018 7:19:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] docs: Note new requirement to include a SPDX line
> 
> On Mon, 2018-09-17 at 18:17 +0100, Stephen Finucane wrote:
> > Add some wording around the requirement to include this line instead
> > of
> > the license header. Also note the requirement that all code be
> > GPLv2-licensed and add a CONTRIBUTING document, which GitHub likes.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Finucane <stephen at that.guru>
> > Cc: Daniel Axtens <dja at axtens.net>
> 
> Looks like patch 1/2 (or the earlier v1 rendition) didn't make it to
> the list. It's basically the following diff for all files:
> 
>    -# This file is part of the Patchwork package.
>    -#
>    -# Patchwork is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>    -# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>    -# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
>    -# (at your option) any later version.
>    -#
>    -# Patchwork is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>    -# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>    -# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
>    -# GNU General Public License for more details.
>    -#
>    -# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>    -# along with Patchwork; if not, write to the Free Software
>    -# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307
>    USA
>    +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> 

This seems to be the same problem why my first tagging patch didn't make it
to the list - the email is too large and doesn't fit the mailing list
thresholds. Given how many files contain the preamble, the patch would need
to be split a lot to get it to the list.

Veronika

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