Re: [PATCH] sound: soc: Add SPDX ids to many soc files

On Tue Feb 17, 2026 at 5:26 PM CET, Richard Fontana wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 11:00=E2=80=AFAM Piotr Mas=C5=82owski <piotr@masl=
owski.xyz> wrote:
>>
>> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>> [...]
>> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>>
>> Is there some intended meaning behind this distinction? Bear in mind
>> I'm not a kernel developer so I might very well be missing something,
>> but AFAIK the `GPL-2.0` SPDX identifier is just an older, deprecated
>> variant with the same meaning as `GPL-2.0-only`. (Just like `GPL-2.0+`
>> which is a deprecated version of `GPL-2.0-or-later`.)
>
> Several years ago the FSF persuaded the SPDX legal team to deprecate
> GPL-2.0/GPL-2.0+ in favor of GPL-2.0-only/GPL-2.0-or-later. The FSF
> viewpoint is expressed here:
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/identify-licenses-clearly.html
>
> Personally, I think this change was problematic.

Sure, but I don't think there's any reason to mix both styles, is there?

Best regards,
Piotr Mas=C5=82owski