This satisfies a checkpatch warning and is the preferred method for notating the license. The SPDX identifier is a legally binding shorthand, which can be used instead of the full boiler plate text. Signed-off-by: Michael Straube <straube.linux@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c | 11 +---------- drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.h | 12 ++---------- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c b/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c index def8a1f57d1c..8630f7012957 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c +++ b/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c @@ -1,17 +1,8 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ /* * Copyright (c) 2003-2013 Broadcom Corporation * * Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Micron Technology, Inc. - * - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or - * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License - * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 - * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. - * - * 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/module.h> diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.h b/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.h index 457dc7ffdaf1..38837cc6421c 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.h +++ b/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.h @@ -1,17 +1,9 @@ -/*- +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */ +/* * Copyright 2013 Broadcom Corporation * * Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Micron Technology, Inc. * - * This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public - * License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and - * may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms. - * - * 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. - * * Henry Pan <hspan@xxxxxxxxxx> * * based on nand.h -- 2.20.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel