On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 8:27 PM Steve Winslow <swinslow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > For this one, the additional disclaimer paragraph at the bottom > (beginning with "THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY...") appears to come > from a BSD-style license, not GPL. I'm not sure this disclaimer should > be deleted and replaced by just a standard GPL-2.0-or-later tag. I am inclined to agree with Steve. It's materially different from the disclaimers in GPLv2 itself and could also indicate the remnants of an otherwise vanished BSD license notice. Richard > On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 1:20 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Based on 1 normalized pattern(s): > > > > 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 you > > should have received a copy of the gnu general public license along > > with this program if not see http www gnu org licenses gpl html this > > software is provided by the copyright holders and contributors as is > > and any express or implied warranties including but not limited to > > the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a > > particular purpose are disclaimed in no event shall the copyright > > owner or contributors be liable for any direct indirect incidental > > special exemplary or consequential damages including but not limited > > to procurement of substitute goods or services loss of use data or > > profits or business interruption however caused and on any theory of > > liability whether in contract strict liability or tort including > > negligence or otherwise arising in any way out of the use of this > > software even if advised of the possibility of such damage > > > > extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier > > > > GPL-2.0-or-later > > > > has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 1 file(s). > > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-spdx.git/commit/?h=step2&id=579b91f12dbc > > --- > > drivers/net/can/slcan.c | 28 +--------------------------- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 27 deletions(-) > > > > --- a/drivers/net/can/slcan.c > > +++ b/drivers/net/can/slcan.c > > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later > > /* > > * slcan.c - serial line CAN interface driver (using tty line discipline) > > * > > @@ -6,33 +7,6 @@ > > * slip.c Authors : Laurence Culhane <loz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > * Fred N. van Kempen <waltje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > * slcan.c Author : Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > - * > > - * 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. > > - * > > - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along > > - * with this program; if not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html > > - * > > - * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS > > - * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT > > - * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR > > - * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT > > - * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, > > - * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT > > - * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, > > - * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY > > - * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT > > - * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE > > - * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH > > - * DAMAGE. > > - * > > */ > > > > #include <linux/module.h> > > > > -- Richard Fontana Senior Commercial Counsel Red Hat, Inc.
