Christoph, On Sun, 19 May 2019, Steve Winslow wrote: > Similar comment as for patches 6 and 16: 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. > do we still have contacts at Initio so we could clarify what the intention of this particular license wording was/is? Thanks, tglx Left for reference: > 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 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 see > > the file copying if not write to the free software foundation 675 > > mass ave cambridge ma 02139 usa this software is provided by the > > author 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 author 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 3 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=9296825b00e9 > > --- > > drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c | 27 +-------------------------- > > drivers/scsi/a100u2w.h | 27 +-------------------------- > > drivers/scsi/initio.h | 27 +-------------------------- > > 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-) > > > > --- a/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c > > +++ b/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c > > @@ -1,35 +1,10 @@ > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later > > /* > > * Initio A100 device driver for Linux. > > * > > * Copyright (c) 1994-1998 Initio Corporation > > * Copyright (c) 2003-2004 Christoph Hellwig > > * All rights reserved. > > - * > > - * 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, 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; see the file COPYING. If not, write to > > - * the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. > > - * > > - * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR 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 AUTHOR 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. > > */ > > > > /* > > --- a/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.h > > +++ b/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.h > > @@ -1,35 +1,10 @@ > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */ > > /* > > * Initio A100 device driver for Linux. > > * > > * Copyright (c) 1994-1998 Initio Corporation > > * All rights reserved. > > * > > - * 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, 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; see the file COPYING. If not, write to > > - * the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. > > - * > > - * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR 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 AUTHOR 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. > > - * > > * Revision History: > > * 06/18/98 HL, Initial production Version 1.02 > > * 12/19/98 bv, Use spinlocks for 2.1.95 and up > > --- a/drivers/scsi/initio.h > > +++ b/drivers/scsi/initio.h > > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */ > > /************************************************************************** > > * Initio 9100 device driver for Linux. > > * > > @@ -6,32 +7,6 @@ > > * > > * Cleanups (c) Copyright 2007 Red Hat <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > * > > - * 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, 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; see the file COPYING. If not, write to > > - * the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. > > - * > > - * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR 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 AUTHOR 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. > > - * > > **************************************************************************/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Steve Winslow > Director of Strategic Programs > The Linux Foundation > swinslow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
