Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kvm/ioapic: Remove license boilerplate with bad FSF address

Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 17:07:20 +0200

Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.linux-spdx,org.kernel.vger.kvm,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID	<2025072843-browbeat-rocket-c549@gregkh>

On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 02:59:26PM +0000, Marc-Etienne Vargenau (Nokia) wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> That should be:
> // SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
> not
> // SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
> 
> Â« LGPL-2.1+ Â» is deprecated
> https://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-2.1+.html

The kernel does not differenciate between the two at this point in time,
sorry.  Either is fine for now.

Only AFTER we actually tag all files in the tree will we worry about
silly things like this.

thanks,

greg k-h