Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] pmdinfogen: add SPDX license tag

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

27/09/2019 10:39, Hemant Agrawal:
> This patch adds SPDX license tag to pmdinfogen files.
> 
> These files are originally drived from kernel.
> They are being used as binary tool to support internal
> build.
> 
> This patch requires license exception approval from
> DPDK Technical Board and Governing Board.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>
> Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
> ---
> --- a/license/exceptions.txt
> +++ b/license/exceptions.txt
> @@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ Note that following licenses are not exceptions:-
>  	- BSD-3-Clause
>  	- Dual BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0
>  	- Dual BSD-3-Clause OR LGPL-2.1
> -	- GPL-2.0  (*Only for kernel code*)
> +	- GPL-2.0  (*Only for kernel code and tools*)

GPL tools remain exceptions according to the Governing Board.
I will drop the addition of tools in "not exceptions" list.

>  -----------------------------------------------------------------
>  SPDX Identifier     TB Approval Date  GB Approval Date  File name
>  -----------------------------------------------------------------
> -1.
> +1.GPL-2.0	25-Sep-2019 TBD		buildtools/pmdinfogen/pmdinfogen.*
>  
>  -----------------------------------------------------------------

The pmdinfogen exception was approved by the Governing Board on 12/18/2019.

Applied with above changes, thanks.