[PATCH v2 05/10] net: ethernet: i825xx: Replace GPL boilerplate with SPDX identifier

Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Fri May 12 11:21:15 UTC 2023


On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 05:06:16PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> Replace unversioned GPL boilerplate notice on remaining i825xx files
> with appropriate SPDX identifier. For files that contains "extension to
> Linux kernel", use GPL 2.0, otherwise GPL 1.0+.
> 
> Cc: Donald Becker <becker at scyld.com>
> Cc: Michael Hipp <hippm at informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>
> Cc: Richard Hirst <richard at sleepie.demon.co.uk>
> Cc: Sam Creasey <sammy at sammy.net>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman at corigine.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme at gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c      | 5 ++---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/lasi_82596.c | 5 ++---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/lib82596.c   | 5 ++---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/sun3_82586.c | 4 +---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/sun3_82586.h | 4 +---
>  5 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c
> index 3ee89ae496d0ca..773d7aa29ef5fc 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c
> @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0+
>  /* 82596.c: A generic 82596 ethernet driver for linux. */
>  /*
>     Based on Apricot.c
> @@ -31,9 +32,7 @@
>     Driver skeleton
>     Written 1993 by Donald Becker.
>     Copyright 1993 United States Government as represented by the Director,
> -   National Security Agency. This software may only be used and distributed
> -   according to the terms of the GNU General Public License as modified by SRC,
> -   incorporated herein by reference.
> +   National Security Agency.
>  
>     The author may be reached as becker at scyld.com, or C/O
>     Scyld Computing Corporation, 410 Severn Ave., Suite 210, Annapolis MD 21403
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/lasi_82596.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/lasi_82596.c
> index 0af70094aba341..3e53e0c243ba04 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/lasi_82596.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/lasi_82596.c
> @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0+
>  /* lasi_82596.c -- driver for the intel 82596 ethernet controller, as
>     munged into HPPA boxen .
>  
> @@ -59,9 +60,7 @@
>     Driver skeleton
>     Written 1993 by Donald Becker.
>     Copyright 1993 United States Government as represented by the Director,
> -   National Security Agency. This software may only be used and distributed
> -   according to the terms of the GNU General Public License as modified by SRC,
> -   incorporated herein by reference.
> +   National Security Agency.
>  
>     The author may be reached as becker at scyld.com, or C/O
>     Scyld Computing Corporation, 410 Severn Ave., Suite 210, Annapolis MD 21403
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/lib82596.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/lib82596.c
> index ca2fb303fcc6f6..67d248a7a6f49e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/lib82596.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/lib82596.c
> @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0+
>  /* lasi_82596.c -- driver for the intel 82596 ethernet controller, as
>     munged into HPPA boxen .
>  
> @@ -59,9 +60,7 @@
>     Driver skeleton
>     Written 1993 by Donald Becker.
>     Copyright 1993 United States Government as represented by the Director,
> -   National Security Agency. This software may only be used and distributed
> -   according to the terms of the GNU General Public License as modified by SRC,
> -   incorporated herein by reference.
> +   National Security Agency.
>  
>     The author may be reached as becker at scyld.com, or C/O
>     Scyld Computing Corporation, 410 Severn Ave., Suite 210, Annapolis MD 21403
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/sun3_82586.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/sun3_82586.c
> index 3909c6a0af89f9..f05f016cb3b0ea 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/sun3_82586.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/sun3_82586.c
> @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

As you are mixing GPL-1.0 and GPL-2.0 conversions in the same patch, you
need to break this up and provide the justification for why you choose
the specific license for each one, as you can't just lump them all
together and expect us to understand the reasoning when you didn't
provide any.

thanks,

greg k-h


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