Thread (11 messages) 11 messages, 7 authors, 2018-02-20

Re: [PATCH v2] watchdog: add SPDX identifiers for watchdog subsystem

From: William Breathitt Gray <hidden>
Date: 2018-02-20 12:50:07
Also in: linux-amlogic, linux-mediatek, linux-mips, linux-samsung-soc, linux-tegra, linux-watchdog

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 11:45:31AM +0100, Marcus Folkesson wrote:
- Add SPDX identifier
- Remove boiler plate license text
- If MODULE_LICENSE and boiler plate does not match, go for boiler plate
 license

Signed-off-by: Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Adam Thomson <redacted>
Acked-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@opensource.cirrus.com>
Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com>
Acked-by: Michal Simek <redacted>
---

Notes:
   v2:
   	- Put back removed copyright texts for meson_gxbb_wdt and coh901327_wdt
   	- Change to BSD-3-Clause for meson_gxbb_wdt
   v1: Please have an extra look at meson_gxbb_wdt.c
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diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c
index 2170b275ea01..c173b6f5c866 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
/*
 * Watchdog timer driver for the WinSystems EBC-C384
 * Copyright (C) 2016 William Breathitt Gray
 *
- * This program 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 program 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.
 */
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/dmi.h>
I have no problem with adding a SPDX line to the top of this file, but
use "SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only" as I was very intentional
with the selection of GPL version 2 only when I published this code.

Furthermore, please do not remove the existing copyright text; although
it's just boilerplate for some, I was careful with the selection of
these words, and I worry the SPDX line only -- despite its useful
conciseness -- may lead to misunderstandings about my intentioned
license for this code.

For the time being, I can't Ack this patch with the changes it makes
currently:

        Nacked-by: William Breathitt Gray [off-list ref]

William Breathitt Gray
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