Re: [PATCH v3] docs: process: maintainer-pgp-guide: update kernel.org docs link

[Amitabh <amitabh@amidevlab.com>]

Hi Jon,

> On 5 Feb 2026, at 8:19 PM, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> wrote:
> 
> Amitabh Srivastava <amitabh@amidevlab.com> writes:
> 
>> Update http link to the documentation about how to add a kernel.org UID to
>> the maintainer's key. Add missing SPDX-License-Identifier to fix a
>> checkpatch warning.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Amitabh Srivastava <amitabh@amidevlab.com>
>> ---
>> Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst | 4 +++-
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst
>> index b6919bf606c3..1e4d885dc784 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst
>> @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
>> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>> +
> 
> Do you know that was the intended license for this file?  We need to be
> careful about putting license declarations on other people's work.
> 
Yes, The Linux kernel documentation is typically licensed under GPL-2.0.
Other files in the directory contain the same 'SPDX-License-Identifier' as well.
However, I have added this just to satisfy checkpatch.pl requirement, which
checks for missing license information in documentation files. Let me know if
you think otherwise.

> Thanks,
> 
> jon