I agree with Allison. Given the reference to "Library" it looks like the intended license for this file would be LGPL-2.0-or-later. On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 5:55 PM Allison Randal <allison@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Since the text says "gnu *library* general public license", shouldn't > the SPDX license identifier be LGPL instead of GPL? > > On 5/19/19 2:51 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > Based on 1 normalized pattern(s): > > > > permission is hereby granted to copy modify and redistribute this > > code in terms of the gnu library general public license version 2 or > > later at your option > > > > 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=1f4356dc65cc > > --- > > include/linux/mc146818rtc.h | 5 +---- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > > --- a/include/linux/mc146818rtc.h > > +++ b/include/linux/mc146818rtc.h > > @@ -1,12 +1,9 @@ > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */ > > /* mc146818rtc.h - register definitions for the Real-Time-Clock / CMOS RAM > > * Copyright Torsten Duwe <duwe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 1993 > > * derived from Data Sheet, Copyright Motorola 1984 (!). > > * It was written to be part of the Linux operating system. > > */ > > -/* permission is hereby granted to copy, modify and redistribute this code > > - * in terms of the GNU Library General Public License, Version 2 or later, > > - * at your option. > > - */ > > > > #ifndef _MC146818RTC_H > > #define _MC146818RTC_H > > > >