From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B65C848AEC; Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:43:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 964874068A; Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:43:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from fout-a7-smtp.messagingengine.com (fout-a7-smtp.messagingengine.com [103.168.172.150]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EFD44067E for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:43:20 +0100 (CET) Received: from phl-compute-11.internal (phl-compute-11.internal [10.202.2.51]) by mailfout.phl.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BCA9EC0114; Wed, 12 Nov 2025 04:43:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from phl-mailfrontend-01 ([10.202.2.162]) by phl-compute-11.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 12 Nov 2025 04:43:20 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm3; t=1762940600; x=1763027000; bh=PEYnYCA0TvQHEdaMwsDzvaC+fkqbOKx2nOGloQJnEBw=; b= NpxUis+oRtvD91+w7dt5JBFTHOLsqRB/qO4fjScoNQgTzk3sGrIfzGO3E/bjBW/v EOS852GADRSFwLrOZ72ym1SCkjKwjV5Zxpm513NTlWL8RiHQIzSyPIHSA1T13MzO oe0kyiqs7bsCC/WIYKCPMjzV/0nAtgmZWtvagg51lepwV5vZRMZsOixNiWbiMCBn 4nUsMahSHSIlq3vo87OaBr70X6ViP3leGWkN/V2IsDe10CrDBqgyY2yn3HnC7VIF 8XOoPLQ41x0aSJMy7H0hk+wYRTq2QPs3+dAfe2pK7F4Gj4OamD9E9pkPF8NR5tie 60u5SDXkb69fIUDr8cgfKA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id :from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; t=1762940600; x= 1763027000; bh=PEYnYCA0TvQHEdaMwsDzvaC+fkqbOKx2nOGloQJnEBw=; b=u U9J/rTW1bweTBolRN9eqEqekEoxzfKLyCFjTEWF2x04KP6+uAY1tibLOQYG8FHe2 7bUN2LMFt+wTy/zvhqaEVz7qY4p8oQULkag7/RsX2rxuONUyvhBu37Z2fyLc5bjJ zAddO97BIoZc54OPA3tOj7Fv9H2mUqOny+CZY9AujCjlsK+aHm3bjHEHDHFEtOkc SVvjrYZg1Hmsv2NJgp02MSHaaiC1h1KEYTEgzoAb7w2Qju38rLkauYHoaByKyDEK t+aMApGGXh8xQwOx3/rqsAgxo1I7RocmVqn1MqCJciRJ+bAjLbg2IrB3HY5q1haF WvH/VcbpdLpUkPB/QTueA== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeeffedrtdeggddvtdefjeegucetufdoteggodetrf dotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgenuceu rghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmnecujf gurhephffvvefufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtjeenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhmrghs ucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenucggtf frrghtthgvrhhnpeevledtudetjeekueekhfdvieeileefgfelgeeiieekleegveelieet gffguefhtdenucffohhmrghinhepshhpugigrdguvghvnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivg eptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepthhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdr nhgvthdpnhgspghrtghpthhtohephedpmhhouggvpehsmhhtphhouhhtpdhrtghpthhtoh epsghruhgtvgdrrhhitghhrghrughsohhnsehinhhtvghlrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtohep uggvvhesughpughkrdhorhhgpdhrtghpthhtohephhgvmhgrnhhtrdgrghhrrgifrghlse hngihprdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtohepshgrtghhihhnrdhsrgigvghnrgesnhigphdrtgho mhdprhgtphhtthhopehsthgvphhhvghnsehnvghtfihorhhkphhluhhmsggvrhdrohhrgh X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i47234305:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Wed, 12 Nov 2025 04:43:18 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Bruce Richardson Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Hemant Agrawal , Sachin Saxena , Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [PATCH] license: standardize SPDX tag for 3-Clause BSD Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:43:16 +0100 Message-ID: <3883425.DVCPrJfaZc@thomas> In-Reply-To: References: <20251112091335.662991-1-thomas@monjalon.net> <7067595.Whz1cUOskA@thomas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org 12/11/2025 10:41, Bruce Richardson: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 10:38:44AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 12/11/2025 10:31, Bruce Richardson: > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 10:13:35AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > > Make sure the SPDX tag is used as defined in license/README. > > > > Reduce separator to single space. > > > > Use parenthesis and uppercased "OR" when a second license is applied. > > > > > > Upper-case or is fine, I suppose, but I'm not convinced we need the > > > parentheses. However, I see other drivers tend to have it, so let's > > > standardize on that. > > > > I'm not convinced as well. > > > > Looking at https://spdx.dev/learn/handling-license-info/ > > it seems we don't need parentheses in general. > > > Shall we just avoid fixing the parens until we definitively decide on that. > Just standardize on spacing and upper case "OR"? Whatever approach you > decide for this release, you can keep my ack. I plan to rework this patch by standardizing without parentheses, and add more checks.