Re: [Batch 16 patch 15/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 240

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On 03.06.19 07:44, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> --- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
> +++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
> @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
>  #!/bin/sh
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>  #
>  # Copyright 2003 Wichert Akkerman <wichert@xxxxxxxxx>
>  #
> @@ -160,12 +161,6 @@ Copyright: 1991 - 2018 Linus Torvalds an
>  The git repository for mainline kernel development is at:
>  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
>  
> -    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; version 2 dated June, 1991.
> -
> -On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
> -License version 2 can be found in \`/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
>  EOF
>  
>  # Generate a control file

Really sure that the generated deb copyright file should be changed ?
(this text is not for the script itself, but the generated .deb)

Anyways, this statement might not be fully correct, if not everything
really is GPLv2.

Oh, and I can't see any explicit statement that this script is gplv2.


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Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
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