Re: [COX patch 1/2] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 100

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On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 8:39 AM Steve Winslow
<swinslow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'd suggest this might be a good example of one where we want to (1)
> still add the SPDX tag, but (2) leave the existing notice text in
> place and wrap it in something like a NOTICE_BEGIN / NOTICE END block.
>
> The specific reference to individual / entity, plus the non-standard
> language about e.g. not admitting liability, makes me think that it's
> better to leave this in place. I do think GPL-2.0-or-later is the
> right tag but I'm inclined not to delete the notice altogether.

I agree that the "Neither ... " paragraph should be kept in (I don't
have an opinion on whether wrapping it in such a block is preferable).

Richard

> On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 6:04 AM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > From: Thomas Gleixner tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Based on 2 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 of the license or at
> >   your option any later version neither [alan] [cox] [nor] [cymrunet]
> >   [ltd] admit liability nor provide warranty for any of this software
> >   this material is provided as is and at no charge
> >
> >   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 of the license or at
> >   your option any later version neither [sven] [anders] [marcus]
> >   [junker] [nor] [anduras] [ag] admit liability nor provide warranty
> >   for any of this software this material is provided as is and at no
> >   charge
> >
> > extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier
> >
> >   GPL-2.0-or-later
> >
> > has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 12 file(s).
> >
> > Bucket: COX
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > ---
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-spdx.git/commit/?h=cox&id=97c1321a69cd
> > ---
> >  arch/um/drivers/harddog_kern.c  |   10 +---------
> >  drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c   |   10 +---------
> >  drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c |   10 +---------
> >  drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c  |   10 +---------
> >  drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c     |   11 +----------
> >  drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c  |   10 +---------
> >  drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c      |   11 +----------
> >  drivers/watchdog/softdog.c      |   10 +---------
> >  drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c |   10 +---------
> >  drivers/watchdog/wafer5823wdt.c |   11 +----------
> >  drivers/watchdog/wdt.c          |   10 +---------
> >  drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c      |   10 +---------
> >  12 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 111 deletions(-)
> >
> > --- a/arch/um/drivers/harddog_kern.c
> > +++ b/arch/um/drivers/harddog_kern.c
> > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> >  /* UML hardware watchdog, shamelessly stolen from:
> >   *
> >   *     SoftDog 0.05:   A Software Watchdog Device
> > @@ -5,15 +6,6 @@
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>, All Rights Reserved.
> >   *                             http://www.redhat.com
> >   *
> > - *     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 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > - *
> > - *     Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
> > - *     warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
> > - *     "AS-IS" and at no charge.
> > - *
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1995    Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >   *
> >   *     Software only watchdog driver. Unlike its big brother the WDT501P
> > --- a/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c
> > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> >  /*
> >   *     Acquire Single Board Computer Watchdog Timer driver
> >   *
> > @@ -6,15 +7,6 @@
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >   *                                             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 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > - *
> > - *     Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
> > - *     warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
> > - *     "AS-IS" and at no charge.
> > - *
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1995    Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >   *
> >   *     14-Dec-2001 Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@xxxxxxxx>
> > --- a/drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c
> > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> >  /*
> >   *     Advantech Single Board Computer WDT driver
> >   *
> > @@ -9,15 +10,6 @@
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >   *                                             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 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > - *
> > - *     Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
> > - *     warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
> > - *     "AS-IS" and at no charge.
> > - *
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1995    Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >   *
> >   *     14-Dec-2001 Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@xxxxxxxx>
> > --- a/drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c
> > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> >  /*
> >   *     Eurotech CPU-1220/1410/1420 on board WDT driver
> >   *
> > @@ -11,15 +12,6 @@
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1996-1997 Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >   *                                             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 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > - *
> > - *     Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
> > - *     warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
> > - *     "AS-IS" and at no charge.
> > - *
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1995    Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>*
> >   */
> >
> > --- a/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c
> > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> >  /*
> >   *     IB700 Single Board Computer WDT driver
> >   *
> > @@ -14,21 +15,11 @@
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >   *                                             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 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > - *
> > - *     Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
> > - *     warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
> > - *     "AS-IS" and at no charge.
> > - *
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1995    Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >   *
> >   *     14-Dec-2001 Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@xxxxxxxx>
> >   *          Added nowayout module option to override CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT
> >   *          Added timeout module option to override default
> > - *
> >   */
> >
> >  #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
> > --- a/drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c
> > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> >  /*
> >   *      NS pc87413-wdt Watchdog Timer driver for Linux 2.6.x.x
> >   *
> > @@ -6,15 +7,6 @@
> >   *      (C) Copyright 2006 Sven Anders, <anders@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >   *                     and Marcus Junker, <junker@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >   *
> > - *      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 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > - *
> > - *      Neither Sven Anders, Marcus Junker nor ANDURAS AG
> > - *      admit liability nor provide warranty for any of this software.
> > - *      This material is provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
> > - *
> >   *      Release 1.1
> >   */
> >
> > --- a/drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c
> > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> >  /*
> >   *     SBC8360 Watchdog driver
> >   *
> > @@ -19,21 +20,11 @@
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >   *                                             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 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > - *
> > - *     Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
> > - *     warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
> > - *     "AS-IS" and at no charge.
> > - *
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1995    Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >   *
> >   *     14-Dec-2001 Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@xxxxxxxx>
> >   *          Added nowayout module option to override CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT
> >   *          Added timeout module option to override default
> > - *
> >   */
> >
> >  #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
> > --- a/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
> > @@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> >  /*
> >   *     SoftDog:        A Software Watchdog Device
> >   *
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >   *                                                     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 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > - *
> > - *     Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
> > - *     warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
> > - *     "AS-IS" and at no charge.
> > - *
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1995    Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >   *
> >   *     Software only watchdog driver. Unlike its big brother the WDT501P
> > --- a/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c
> > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> >  /*
> >   *     w83627hf/thf WDT driver
> >   *
> > @@ -17,15 +18,6 @@
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >   *                                             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 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > - *
> > - *     Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
> > - *     warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
> > - *     "AS-IS" and at no charge.
> > - *
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1995    Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >   */
> >
> > --- a/drivers/watchdog/wafer5823wdt.c
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/wafer5823wdt.c
> > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> >  /*
> >   *     ICP Wafer 5823 Single Board Computer WDT driver
> >   *     http://www.icpamerica.com/wafer_5823.php
> > @@ -13,17 +14,7 @@
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1996-1997 Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >   *                                             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 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > - *
> > - *     Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
> > - *     warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
> > - *     "AS-IS" and at no charge.
> > - *
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1995    Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > - *
> >   */
> >
> >  #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
> > --- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c
> > @@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> >  /*
> >   *     Industrial Computer Source WDT501 driver
> >   *
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1996-1997 Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >   *                                             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 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > - *
> > - *     Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
> > - *     warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
> > - *     "AS-IS" and at no charge.
> > - *
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1995    Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >   *
> >   *     Release 0.10.
> > --- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c
> > @@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> >  /*
> >   *     Industrial Computer Source PCI-WDT500/501 driver
> >   *
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1996-1997 Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >   *                                             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 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > - *
> > - *     Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
> > - *     warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
> > - *     "AS-IS" and at no charge.
> > - *
> >   *     (c) Copyright 1995    Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >   *
> >   *     Release 0.10.
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Steve Winslow
> Director of Strategic Programs
> The Linux Foundation
> swinslow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



-- 
Richard Fontana
Senior Commercial Counsel
Red Hat, Inc.



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