Re: [patch 17/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 92

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On Wed, 22 May 2019, Richard Fontana wrote:

> This one incorporates a BSD-style disclaimer paragraph.
> 
> On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 8:05 AM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >   * Common tx4927 irq handler
> >   *
> >   * Author: MontaVista Software, Inc.
> >   *        source@xxxxxxxxxx

That's very similar to the ones we had in batch 1 patch 6/25 (Rule 6).

Quite some of them cam through montavista as well, but not all of them
unfortunately.

> > - *
> > - *  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.

Just the license text misses the first line:

 *  This program is free software; you can redistribute  it and/or modify it

and therefore the scanner put it into a different rule.

> > - *  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``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 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.

That's the identical text +/- whitespace damage in the other files ...

Thanks,

	tglx



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