From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.5 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF088C10F13 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2019 23:23:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B64820833 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2019 23:23:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726392AbfDNXXV (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Apr 2019 19:23:21 -0400 Received: from 178.115.242.59.static.drei.at ([178.115.242.59]:42444 "EHLO mail.osadl.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725775AbfDNXXV (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Apr 2019 19:23:21 -0400 Received: by mail.osadl.at (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5CAE75C1578; Mon, 15 Apr 2019 01:22:32 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 01:22:32 +0200 From: Nicholas Mc Guire To: Andrew Lunn Cc: Nicholas Mc Guire , Jason Cooper , Gregory Clement , Sebastian Hesselbarth , Russell King , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ARM: mvebu: add SPDX license identifier Message-ID: <20190414232232.GA1215@osadl.at> References: <1555217391-3552-1-git-send-email-hofrat@osadl.org> <1555217391-3552-3-git-send-email-hofrat@osadl.org> <20190414162210.GC10323@lunn.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190414162210.GC10323@lunn.ch> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 06:22:10PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote: > On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 06:49:51AM +0200, Nicholas Mc Guire wrote: > > The license is clearly identified as GPL V2 - so just add in the > > appropriate SPDX license identifier. > > > > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire > > Hi Nicholas > > Adding a SPDX line makes the license text redundant, so you should > remove it in the same patch as adding the SPDX line. > So remove that first line from this paragraph * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied. reducing it to: * This program is licensed "as is" without any warranty of any kind, * whether express or implied. Is that what you are proposing ? The GPL does state that there is no warranty but using a different wording that may not be legally equivalent. thx! hofrat