Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] net/sfc/base: change license to BSD-3-Clause

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 10:59:40PM +0300, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> On 01/09/2018 10:38 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> > On 1/8/2018 1:35 PM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> > > Change license from BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD to BSD-3-Clause.
> > > Bump copyright year.
> > > 
> > <...>
> > 
> > > @@ -1,28 +1,8 @@
> > > +   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> > > -   Copyright (c) 2006-2016 Solarflare Communications Inc.
> > > +   Copyright (c) 2006-2018 Solarflare Communications Inc.
> > >      All rights reserved.
> > Defined syntax has no empty line between SPDX and Copyright line, is that line
> > intentionally left?
> 
> Yes. I've seen examples, but have not found exact requirement to have
> no empty line. We have file with 2 copyright holders and it looks strange
> in this case without empty line.
> 
As far as I know, the format for headers is fully spec'ed, except that
it is optional to have blank line after the SPDX tag. Either is allowed,
and it's not likely to have major scripting implications. I think most
of us prefer to not have the line, but it's not prohibited.

/Bruce