diff --git a/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst index 43b6a1ee0193ee63a5eacac2af0d040127f868c5..6b09033a8e9e247bba9cbfc06bf36127180fa10d 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ License identifier syntax The SPDX license identifier in kernel files shall be added at the first possible line in a file which can contain a comment. For the majority - or files this is the first line, except for scripts which require the + of files this is the first line, except for scripts which require the '#!PATH_TO_INTERPRETER' in the first line. For those scripts the SPDX identifier goes into the second line. @@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ kernel, can be broken down into: All SPDX license identifiers and exceptions must have a corresponding file -in the LICENSE subdirectories. This is required to allow tool +in the LICENSES subdirectories. This is required to allow tool verification (e.g. checkpatch.pl) and to have the licenses ready to read and extract right from the source, which is recommended by various FOSS organizations, e.g. the `FSFE REUSE initiative <https://reuse.software/>`_.