Re: [PATCH] watchdog: convert remaining drivers to use SPDX license identifier

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On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 09:28:46AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> This gets rid of the unnecessary license boilerplate, and avoids
> having to deal with individual patches one by one.
> 
> No functional changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Note: Several drivers include a paragraph such as
> 
> "Neither <name> nor <company> admit liability nor
>  provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
>  provided "AS-IS" and at no charge."
> 
> Presumably this is covered by the GPL license. However, since I am not
> an attorney, I am not sure, and I opted for leaving such paragraphs in
> place.
[...]
>  drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c        |  9 ---------
[...]
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c
> index c176f59fea28..8ef4b0df3855 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c
> @@ -2,15 +2,6 @@
>  /*
>   * 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>

Acked-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@xxxxxxxxx>



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