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=-6.0 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED 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 F2946C04AAC for ; Mon, 20 May 2019 16:39:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB7012173B for ; Mon, 20 May 2019 16:39:20 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=nexb-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@nexb-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="W8GmT7jA" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2392622AbfETQjT (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 May 2019 12:39:19 -0400 Received: from mail-wm1-f65.google.com ([209.85.128.65]:55827 "EHLO mail-wm1-f65.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2391435AbfETQjO (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 May 2019 12:39:14 -0400 Received: by mail-wm1-f65.google.com with SMTP id x64so19197wmb.5 for ; Mon, 20 May 2019 09:39:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nexb-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=WmbRUTLbyhgRIG40T44dgAwQHF62I+1u7YVF3/J7OxY=; b=W8GmT7jA69kCduqaWBtLglnc9bg4IX2iOJFXBPREXvwbnaSGH1hkzRUGD4KqFwHvmY KwwiTGKznZt9gKGzWeMhVThd5noo1XS82rFkAf+l3onMmIxS+shZE61WGU1uz2H5N3qT xKhNOWwQyZmhorbPNrH2B5IqvNVsskmOEBjY9AEl1crhx2iw/t7V80cfMCAR0W7Wrzp8 q2PREkV5dp1n5eMZEDBPbV902op5NMLpgDsRZyf3/7WC5bZzLsDwYSd6OoR3mjx3glPp QmbYvvfZUNjRkGMKqVPa9LNN/DACzfzGW5Q32+Q0VzHzIouAuPMMVLfRDPDH+IjD1K9I nv1A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=WmbRUTLbyhgRIG40T44dgAwQHF62I+1u7YVF3/J7OxY=; b=ZaY0JaSw2AzGLdoeEpChKvb1TySDkOEAIVqnObSIozeWBI+DK36pzv6U3hv6gTiDXw qwKLodl8lusMVZcUJkYmqBvN4Rb2PnaZwnx+A1IUBUCXEGPoWvrZe9HyWPEx7yDuxWur To4Dpj4HwgVlcnS5C4v9VM4kJjaQwi5H7RwIENaI3jQukFyaD/LUkGRYz7LBoAVc2VyY 3vR2BaNfoieJAIwkuNTLA7KYUSxw057+YQ8zRnA4cncsQ7dux60miz7j6e+R51C4Sfb7 YmF0dMjaeadzkKpz3JAyjP+S6D4iTpibd1pzId3zEUFjHcYEGBa0XbiCbZ3xXN5wPwEW jPgw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWvH2esE5Mj1OktQf+WrOWmc1K6T12S8Uii3JclkwiizDMNITHc EYctlbbqLJnjphqcxWlAGLYeIeCo2J9H5zwfjJO0nPxHyedcng== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwZR5FfuBgY5QL5U9G5cVvgFP0Il5Vh4RKc9+4iZ5DLMVduEhKbIaE9uQEIsfUnbulHNKzIKwR1yW9xDRtQ7tI= X-Received: by 2002:a1c:40c6:: with SMTP id n189mr17755wma.65.1558370351570; Mon, 20 May 2019 09:39:11 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20190519135130.462579320@linutronix.de> <20190519154042.138630237@linutronix.de> In-Reply-To: From: Philippe Ombredanne Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 18:38:35 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [patch 16/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 16 To: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org Cc: Steve Winslow , Richard Fontana Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-spdx-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org Richard, Steve: On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 2:42 AM Richard Fontana wrote: > > On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 8:27 PM Steve Winslow > wrote: > > > > For this one, the additional disclaimer paragraph at the bottom > > (beginning with "THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY...") appears to come > > from a BSD-style license, not GPL. I'm not sure this disclaimer should > > be deleted and replaced by just a standard GPL-2.0-or-later tag. > > I am inclined to agree with Steve. It's materially different from the > disclaimers in GPLv2 itself and could also indicate the remnants of an > otherwise vanished BSD license notice. The commit log [1] shows this was clearly always this way and is original code [2] People do funky stuff at times and mix and match notices and disclaimers from various origins. So this is IMHO a GPL alright and there is no BSD in play. FYI, I created a ticket in ScanCode [3] and pushed a commit in a branch to improve this: The score returned with these notices will not be 100% but 95% and there are now notes that the disclaimer is BSD-like The legal question is whether such a disclaimer would need to be kept or not. [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-spdx.git/log/drivers/net/can/slcan.c [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-spdx.git/commit/drivers/net/can/slcan.c?id=a1044e36e457fb6dbdf90ce756d578b251d99b5e [3] https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/issues/1569 -- Cordially Philippe Ombredanne