Re: [Batch 16 patch 17/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 242

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On 03.06.19 07:44, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> From: Thomas Gleixner tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Based on 1 normalized pattern(s):
> 
>   this driver is a part of the linux kernel and is thus distributed
>   under the gnu general public license
> 
> extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier
> 
>   GPL-2.0-only
> 
> 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=batch16&id=ac18ec2c3bcd
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/amd/sun3lance.c |    3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/sun3lance.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/sun3lance.c
> @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>  /* sun3lance.c: Ethernet driver for SUN3 Lance chip */
>  /*
>  
>    Sun3 Lance ethernet driver, by Sam Creasey (sammy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx).
> -  This driver is a part of the linux kernel, and is thus distributed
> -  under the GNU General Public License.

hmm, I'm not sure whether this really translates to GPL-2.0-only.
IMHO, all it tells is that it's *some* GPL. not even mentioning v2.

It's older than the git conversion, so I can't follow back to it's
incarnation. Can we safely assume that it's really gpl-v2-only ?


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Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
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