[Buildroot] [PATCH 00/21] Use SPDX short identifier for license string

Rahul Bedarkar rahulbedarkar89 at gmail.com
Fri Mar 31 06:46:11 UTC 2017


On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Rahul Bedarkar
<rahulbedarkar89 at gmail.com> wrote:
> This patch series aims at using SPDX short identifier as a license
> string for most widely used licenses.
>
> First patch updates documentation to refer to SPDX License List and
> removes current license abbreviations list. Next patches update
> license string in .mk file of packages. In almost all cases, update
> is done using sed command which is mentioned in corresponding patch.
> Finally scancpan and scanpypi scripts are updated to use SPDX short
> identifier.
>
> There might be some licenses, which are rarely used, are not yet
> updated to use SPDX short identifier considering this as a initial
> step to start using SPDX identifier.
>
> Rahul Bedarkar (21):
>   docs/manual: refer to SPDX License List
>   package: use SPDX short identifier for GPLv1/GPLv1+
>   boot, linux, package: use SPDX short identifier for GPLv2/GPLv2+

I received email from buildroot-owner at busybox.net that PATCH 03/21 is being
held until the list moderator can review it for approval because message size is
too big.

Thanks,
Rahul


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