[PATCH v2] ARM: dts: imx6-bx50v3: Replace license text comment with SPDX identifier
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From: Bence Csókás <hidden>
Date: 2025-08-12 18:51:12
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imx, linux-arm-kernel, lkml
Subsystem:
arm/freescale imx / mxc / layerscape arm architecture, the rest · Maintainers:
Frank Li, Sascha Hauer, Linus Torvalds
Replace verbatim license text with a `SPDX-License-Identifier`. The comment header mis-attributes this license to be "X11", but the license text does not include the last line "Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the X Consortium.". Therefore, this license is actually equivalent to the SPDX "MIT" license (confirmed by text diffing). Cc: Akshay Bhat <redacted> Cc: Ian Ray <redacted> Cc: Jaret Cantu <redacted> Cc: Justin Waters <redacted> Signed-off-by: Bence Csókás <redacted> --- Changes in v2: - Also patch imx6q-ba16.dtsi - Fix msg - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250702-bx50v3-dts-lic-v1-1-2fe63de3606d@prolan.hu (local) --- arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-b450v3.dts | 38 +---------------------------- arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-b650v3.dts | 38 +---------------------------- arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-b850v3.dts | 38 +---------------------------- arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-ba16.dtsi | 38 +---------------------------- arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-bx50v3.dtsi | 38 +---------------------------- 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 185 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-b450v3.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-b450v3.dts
index d994b32ad825c9e667da08eb36655ed267468b53..3dee78302074751cf42d9e69796aad2a1c9719fe 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-b450v3.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-b450v3.dts@@ -1,43 +1,7 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR MIT) /* * Copyright 2015 Timesys Corporation. * Copyright 2015 General Electric Company - * - * This file is dual-licensed: you can use it either under the terms - * of the GPL or the X11 license, at your option. Note that this dual - * licensing only applies to this file, and not this project as a - * whole. - * - * a) This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or - * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License - * version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. - * - * This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the - * GNU General Public License for more details. - * - * Or, alternatively, - * - * b) Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person - * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation - * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without - * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, - * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or - * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the - * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following - * conditions: - * - * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be - * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. - * - * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, - * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES - * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND - * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT - * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, - * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING - * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR - * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ /dts-v1/;
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-b650v3.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-b650v3.dts
index b0d345f5d071261c68caccadc1dcbd1d4b607dc2..bae85646d2c0cc5b8211e1e12cdcb7bb96900bf0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-b650v3.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-b650v3.dts@@ -1,43 +1,7 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR MIT) /* * Copyright 2015 Timesys Corporation. * Copyright 2015 General Electric Company - * - * This file is dual-licensed: you can use it either under the terms - * of the GPL or the X11 license, at your option. Note that this dual - * licensing only applies to this file, and not this project as a - * whole. - * - * a) This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or - * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License - * version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. - * - * This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the - * GNU General Public License for more details. - * - * Or, alternatively, - * - * b) Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person - * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation - * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without - * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, - * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or - * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the - * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following - * conditions: - * - * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be - * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. - * - * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, - * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES - * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND - * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT - * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, - * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING - * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR - * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ /dts-v1/;
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-b850v3.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-b850v3.dts
index cad112e054758f7ce364f2346eb4e1e291086a61..0ececa6446818f01bd23970c9d358db9ed7a4713 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-b850v3.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-b850v3.dts@@ -1,43 +1,7 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR MIT) /* * Copyright 2015 Timesys Corporation. * Copyright 2015 General Electric Company - * - * This file is dual-licensed: you can use it either under the terms - * of the GPL or the X11 license, at your option. Note that this dual - * licensing only applies to this file, and not this project as a - * whole. - * - * a) This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or - * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License - * version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. - * - * This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the - * GNU General Public License for more details. - * - * Or, alternatively, - * - * b) Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person - * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation - * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without - * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, - * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or - * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the - * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following - * conditions: - * - * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be - * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. - * - * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, - * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES - * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND - * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT - * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, - * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING - * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR - * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ /dts-v1/;
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-ba16.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-ba16.dtsi
index d77472519086bd749be6394282ad1a49a8b14064..af9415b45e37790d8636b0f577c56aa0912613c2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-ba16.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-ba16.dtsi@@ -1,45 +1,9 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR MIT) /* * Support for imx6 based Advantech DMS-BA16 Qseven module * * Copyright 2015 Timesys Corporation. * Copyright 2015 General Electric Company - * - * This file is dual-licensed: you can use it either under the terms - * of the GPL or the X11 license, at your option. Note that this dual - * licensing only applies to this file, and not this project as a - * whole. - * - * a) This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or - * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License - * version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. - * - * This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the - * GNU General Public License for more details. - * - * Or, alternatively, - * - * b) Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person - * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation - * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without - * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, - * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or - * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the - * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following - * conditions: - * - * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be - * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. - * - * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, - * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES - * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND - * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT - * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, - * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING - * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR - * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ #include "imx6q.dtsi"
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-bx50v3.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-bx50v3.dtsi
index aa1adcc740195172f1c387c1edfbf829af68464d..6920570477dda47f0683dc0ec8bf42e2257714ce 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-bx50v3.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-bx50v3.dtsi@@ -1,43 +1,7 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR MIT) /* * Copyright 2015 Timesys Corporation. * Copyright 2015 General Electric Company - * - * This file is dual-licensed: you can use it either under the terms - * of the GPL or the X11 license, at your option. Note that this dual - * licensing only applies to this file, and not this project as a - * whole. - * - * a) This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or - * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License - * version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. - * - * This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the - * GNU General Public License for more details. - * - * Or, alternatively, - * - * b) Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person - * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation - * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without - * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, - * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or - * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the - * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following - * conditions: - * - * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be - * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. - * - * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, - * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES - * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND - * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT - * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, - * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING - * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR - * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ #include "imx6q-ba16.dtsi"
--- base-commit: 66701750d5565c574af42bef0b789ce0203e3071 change-id: 20250702-bx50v3-dts-lic-67b201330eb5 Best regards, -- Bence Csókás [off-list ref]