[GOODTITLE patch 0/8] Deep review of the 'good title' disclaimer variant

[GOODTITLE patch 0/8] Deep review of the 'good title' disclaimer variant

[Thomas Gleixner]

The following modified disclaimer is beyond my competence so I refrain from
commenting on it and leave it to our lawyer friends to make sense of it.

Standard disclaimer:

    this program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but
    without any warranty without even the implied warranty of
    merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose see the gnu general
    public license for more details

Modified disclaimer:

    this program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but
    without any warranty without even the implied warranty of
    merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose good title or non
    infringement see the gnu general public license for more details

The extra bit is: "good title or non infringement"

Note, all patches have the first part of the standard GPLv2 notice (some v2
only, some v2 or later).

Enjoy!

	tglx

[GOODTITLE patch 1/8] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 66

[Thomas Gleixner]

From: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de

Based on 1 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 this program is distributed in the
  hope that it will be useful but without any warranty without even
  the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular
  purpose good title or non infringement see the gnu general public
  license for more details you should have received a copy of the gnu
  general public license along with this program if not write to the
  free software foundation inc 675 mass ave cambridge ma 02139 usa

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: GOODTITLE

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

---
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-spdx.git/commit/?h=goodtitle&id=583de3a5844d
---
 arch/ia64/kernel/err_inject.c              |   17 +----------------
 arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c           |   16 +---------------
 arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_sysfs.c            |   16 +---------------
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pci_dlpar.c |   16 +---------------
 arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h            |   16 +---------------
 arch/x86/kernel/topology.c                 |   16 +---------------
 arch/x86/mm/numa_32.c                      |   16 +---------------
 drivers/char/tlclk.c                       |   16 +---------------
 fs/ocfs2/symlink.c                         |   17 +----------------
 include/asm-generic/topology.h             |   16 +---------------
 include/linux/topology.h                   |   16 +---------------
 kernel/configs.c                           |   16 +---------------
 12 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 182 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/err_inject.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/err_inject.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * err_inject.c -
  *	1.) Inject errors to a processor.
@@ -5,24 +6,8 @@
  * This driver along with user space code can be acting as an error
  * injection tool.
  *
- * 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.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- *
  * Written by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>, Intel Corporation
  * Copyright (C) 2006, Intel Corp.  All rights reserved.
- *
  */
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * PCI Error Recovery Driver for RPA-compliant PPC64 platform.
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2004 2005
@@ -5,21 +6,6 @@
  *
  * 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.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- *
  * Send comments and feedback to Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com>
  */
 #include <linux/delay.h>
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_sysfs.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_sysfs.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * Sysfs entries for PCI Error Recovery for PAPR-compliant platform.
  * Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
@@ -5,21 +6,6 @@
  *
  * 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.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- *
  * Send comments and feedback to Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com>
  */
 #include <linux/pci.h>
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pci_dlpar.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pci_dlpar.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * PCI Dynamic LPAR, PCI Hot Plug and PCI EEH recovery code
  * for RPA-compliant PPC64 platform.
@@ -8,21 +9,6 @@
  * Updates, 2005, Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com>
  *
  * 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.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  */
 
 #include <linux/pci.h>
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 /*
  * Written by: Matthew Dobson, IBM Corporation
  *
@@ -5,21 +6,6 @@
  *
  * 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.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- *
  * Send feedback to <colpatch@us.ibm.com>
  */
 #ifndef _ASM_X86_TOPOLOGY_H
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/topology.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * Populate sysfs with topology information
  *
@@ -8,21 +9,6 @@
  *
  * 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.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- *
  * Send feedback to <colpatch@us.ibm.com>
  */
 #include <linux/nodemask.h>
--- a/arch/x86/mm/numa_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/numa_32.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * Written by: Patricia Gaughen <gone@us.ibm.com>, IBM Corporation
  * August 2002: added remote node KVA remap - Martin J. Bligh 
@@ -5,21 +6,6 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2002, IBM Corp.
  *
  * 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.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  */
 
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
--- a/drivers/char/tlclk.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tlclk.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * Telecom Clock driver for Intel NetStructure(tm) MPCBL0010
  *
@@ -5,21 +6,6 @@
  *
  * 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.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- *
  * Send feedback to <sebastien.bouchard@ca.kontron.com> and the current
  * Maintainer  <mark.gross@intel.com>
  *
--- a/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
@@ -1,23 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; -*-
  * vim: noexpandtab sw=8 ts=8 sts=0:
  *
  *  linux/cluster/ssi/cfs/symlink.c
  *
- *	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.
- *
- *	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *	MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE
- *	or NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- *	details.
- *
- * 	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * 	along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * 	Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- *
  *	Questions/Comments/Bugfixes to ssic-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 1992  Rick Sladkey
@@ -31,7 +17,6 @@
  *  ocfs2 symlink handling code.
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Oracle.
- *
  */
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
--- a/include/asm-generic/topology.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/topology.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 /*
  * linux/include/asm-generic/topology.h
  *
@@ -7,21 +8,6 @@
  *
  * 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.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- *
  * Send feedback to <colpatch@us.ibm.com>
  */
 #ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_TOPOLOGY_H
--- a/include/linux/topology.h
+++ b/include/linux/topology.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 /*
  * include/linux/topology.h
  *
@@ -7,21 +8,6 @@
  *
  * 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.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- *
  * Send feedback to <colpatch@us.ibm.com>
  */
 #ifndef _LINUX_TOPOLOGY_H
--- a/kernel/configs.c
+++ b/kernel/configs.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * kernel/configs.c
  * Echo the kernel .config file used to build the kernel
@@ -6,21 +7,6 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2002 Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
  * Copyright (C) 2002 Al Stone <ahs3@fc.hp.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2002 Hewlett-Packard Company
- *
- * 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.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>

[GOODTITLE patch 2/8] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 107

[Thomas Gleixner]

From: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de

Based on 1 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 this program is distributed in the
  hope that it will be useful but without any warranty without even
  the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular
  purpose good title or non infringement see the gnu general public
  license for more details you should have received a copy of the gnu
  general public license along with this program if not write to the
  free software foundation inc 51 franklin st fifth floor boston ma
  02110 1301 usa

extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier

  GPL-2.0-or-later

has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 5 file(s).

Bucket: GOODTITLE

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

---
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-spdx.git/commit/?h=goodtitle&id=6d8a10036723
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h |   17 +----------------
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c  |   17 +----------------
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c      |   17 +----------------
 drivers/macintosh/via-pmu-event.c |   17 +----------------
 drivers/macintosh/via-pmu-led.c   |   17 +----------------
 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h
@@ -1,21 +1,6 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2008, VMware, Inc.
- *
- * 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.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
  */
 #ifndef _ASM_X86_HYPERVISOR_H
 #define _ASM_X86_HYPERVISOR_H
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
@@ -1,24 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * Common hypervisor code
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2008, VMware, Inc.
  * Author : Alok N Kataria <akataria@vmware.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.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
  */
 
 #include <linux/init.h>
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
@@ -1,24 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * VMware Detection code.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2008, VMware, Inc.
  * Author : Alok N Kataria <akataria@vmware.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.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
  */
 
 #include <linux/dmi.h>
--- a/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu-event.c
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu-event.c
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * via-pmu event device for reporting some events that come through the PMU
  *
  * Copyright 2006 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
- *
- * 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.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
- *
  */
 
 #include <linux/input.h>
--- a/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu-led.c
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu-led.c
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * via-pmu LED class device
  *
  * Copyright 2006 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
- *
- * 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.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
- *
  */
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>

[GOODTITLE patch 3/8] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 169

[Thomas Gleixner]

From: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de

Based on 1 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 version 2 of the license this program
  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but without any
  warranty without even the implied warranty of merchantability or
  fitness for a particular purpose good title or non infringement see
  the gnu general public license for more details you should have
  received a copy of the gnu general public license along with this
  program if not write to the free software foundation inc 675 mass
  ave cambridge ma 02139 usa

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).

Bucket: GOODTITLE

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

---
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-spdx.git/commit/?h=goodtitle&id=1f6c91a119c4
---
 drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c |   14 +-------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  *  pcc-cpufreq.c - Processor Clocking Control firmware cpufreq interface
  *
@@ -7,19 +8,6 @@
  *
  * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  *
- *  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; version 2 of the License.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- *  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or NON
- *  INFRINGEMENT. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
- *  with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
- *  675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- *
  * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  */
 

[GOODTITLE patch 4/8] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 293

[Thomas Gleixner]

From: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de

Based on 1 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 version 2 this program is distributed
  in the hope that it will be useful but without any warranty without
  even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a
  particular purpose good title or non infringement see the gnu
  general public license for more details

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).

Bucket: GOODTITLE

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

---
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-spdx.git/commit/?h=goodtitle&id=3339bb962ccc
---
 arch/c6x/include/asm/syscalls.h |   11 +----------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/c6x/include/asm/syscalls.h
+++ b/arch/c6x/include/asm/syscalls.h
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2011 Texas Instruments Incorporated
  * Author: Mark Salter <msalter@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, version 2.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for
- * more details.
  */
 
 #ifndef __ASM_C6X_SYSCALLS_H

[GOODTITLE patch 5/8] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 337

[Thomas Gleixner]

From: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de

Based on 1 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 version 2 of the license and no later
  version this program is distributed in the hope that it will be
  useful but without any warranty without even the implied warranty of
  merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose good title or
  non infringement see the gnu general public license for more details
  you should have received a copy of the gnu general public license
  along with this program if not write to the free software foundation
  inc 51 franklin st fifth floor boston ma 02110 1301 usa the full gnu
  general public license is included in this distribution in the file
  called copying

extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier

  GPL-2.0-only

has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 6 file(s).

Bucket: GOODTITLE

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

---
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-spdx.git/commit/?h=goodtitle&id=15ac50164880
---
 drivers/net/vmxnet3/Makefile          |   18 +-----------------
 drivers/net/vmxnet3/upt1_defs.h       |   19 +------------------
 drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_defs.h    |   19 +------------------
 drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c     |   19 +------------------
 drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c |   19 +------------------
 drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_int.h     |   19 +------------------
 6 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 107 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,10 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 ################################################################################
 #
 # Linux driver for VMware's vmxnet3 ethernet NIC.
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2007-2016, VMware, Inc. 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; version 2 of the License and no later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
-# NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
-# details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
-#
-# The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in
-# the file called "COPYING".
-#
 # Maintained by: pv-drivers@vmware.com
 #
 #
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/upt1_defs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/upt1_defs.h
@@ -1,27 +1,10 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Linux driver for VMware's vmxnet3 ethernet NIC.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2008-2016, VMware, Inc. 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; version 2 of the License and no later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
- * The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in
- * the file called "COPYING".
- *
  * Maintained by: pv-drivers@vmware.com
- *
  */
 
 #ifndef _UPT1_DEFS_H
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_defs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_defs.h
@@ -1,27 +1,10 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Linux driver for VMware's vmxnet3 ethernet NIC.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2008-2016, VMware, Inc. 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; version 2 of the License and no later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
- * The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in
- * the file called "COPYING".
- *
  * Maintained by: pv-drivers@vmware.com
- *
  */
 
 #ifndef _VMXNET3_DEFS_H_
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -1,27 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Linux driver for VMware's vmxnet3 ethernet NIC.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2008-2016, VMware, Inc. 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; version 2 of the License and no later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT. See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
- * The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in
- * the file called "COPYING".
- *
  * Maintained by: pv-drivers@vmware.com
- *
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c
@@ -1,27 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Linux driver for VMware's vmxnet3 ethernet NIC.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2008-2016, VMware, Inc. 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; version 2 of the License and no later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
- * The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in
- * the file called "COPYING".
- *
  * Maintained by: pv-drivers@vmware.com
- *
  */
 
 
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_int.h
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_int.h
@@ -1,27 +1,10 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Linux driver for VMware's vmxnet3 ethernet NIC.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2008-2016, VMware, Inc. 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; version 2 of the License and no later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
- * The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in
- * the file called "COPYING".
- *
  * Maintained by: pv-drivers@vmware.com
- *
  */
 
 #ifndef _VMXNET3_INT_H

[GOODTITLE patch 6/8] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 415

[Thomas Gleixner]

From: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de

Based on 1 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 version 2 as
  published by the free software foundation this program is
  distributed in the hope that it will be useful but without any
  warranty without even the implied warranty of merchantability or
  fitness for a particular purpose good title or non infringement see
  the gnu general public license for more details you should have
  received a copy of the gnu general public license along with this
  program if not write to the free software foundation inc 51 franklin
  st fifth floor boston ma 02110 1301 usa

extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier

  GPL-2.0-only

has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 2 file(s).

Bucket: GOODTITLE

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

---
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-spdx.git/commit/?h=goodtitle&id=f361dd5c8e2e
---
 drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c      |   17 +----------------
 tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c |   17 +----------------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c
@@ -1,24 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * An implementation of key value pair (KVP) functionality for Linux.
  *
- *
  * Copyright (C) 2010, Novell, Inc.
  * Author : K. Y. Srinivasan <ksrinivasan@novell.com>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
  */
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
 
--- a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
+++ b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
@@ -1,24 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * An implementation of key value pair (KVP) functionality for Linux.
  *
- *
  * Copyright (C) 2010, Novell, Inc.
  * Author : K. Y. Srinivasan <ksrinivasan@novell.com>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
  */
 
 

[GOODTITLE patch 7/8] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 425

[Thomas Gleixner]

From: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de

Based on 1 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 version 2 of the license and no later
  version this program is distributed in the hope that it will be
  useful but without any warranty without even the implied warranty of
  merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose good title or
  non infringement see the gnu general public license for more details
  you should have received a copy of the gnu general public license
  along with this program if not write to the free software foundation
  inc 51 franklin st fifth floor boston ma 02110 1301 usa

extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier

  GPL-2.0-only

has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 2 file(s).

Bucket: GOODTITLE

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

---
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-spdx.git/commit/?h=goodtitle&id=1e76014351dd
---
 drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c |   16 +---------------
 drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.h |   16 +---------------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
@@ -1,24 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Linux driver for VMware's para-virtualized SCSI HBA.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2008-2014, VMware, Inc. 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; version 2 of the License and no later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
  * Maintained by: Jim Gill <jgill@vmware.com>
- *
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
--- a/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.h
@@ -1,24 +1,10 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * VMware PVSCSI header file
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2008-2014, VMware, Inc. 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; version 2 of the License and no later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
  * Maintained by: Jim Gill <jgill@vmware.com>
- *
  */
 
 #ifndef _VMW_PVSCSI_H_

[GOODTITLE patch 8/8] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 492

[Thomas Gleixner]

From: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de

Based on 1 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 version 2 of the license this program
  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but without any
  warranty without even the implied warranty of merchantability or
  fitness for a particular purpose good title or non infringement see
  the gnu general public license for more details

extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier

  GPL-2.0-only

has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 3 file(s).

Bucket: GOODTITLE

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

---
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-spdx.git/commit/?h=goodtitle&id=34e7c3d0e636
---
 drivers/scsi/hpsa.c     |   11 +----------
 drivers/scsi/hpsa.h     |   11 +----------
 drivers/scsi/hpsa_cmd.h |   11 +----------
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
@@ -1,20 +1,11 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  *    Disk Array driver for HP Smart Array SAS controllers
  *    Copyright 2016 Microsemi Corporation
  *    Copyright 2014-2015 PMC-Sierra, Inc.
  *    Copyright 2000,2009-2015 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
  *
- *    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; version 2 of the License.
- *
- *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *    MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- *    NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
  *    Questions/Comments/Bugfixes to esc.storagedev@microsemi.com
- *
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
--- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.h
@@ -1,20 +1,11 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  *    Disk Array driver for HP Smart Array SAS controllers
  *    Copyright 2016 Microsemi Corporation
  *    Copyright 2014-2015 PMC-Sierra, Inc.
  *    Copyright 2000,2009-2015 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
  *
- *    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; version 2 of the License.
- *
- *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *    MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- *    NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
  *    Questions/Comments/Bugfixes to esc.storagedev@microsemi.com
- *
  */
 #ifndef HPSA_H
 #define HPSA_H
--- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa_cmd.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa_cmd.h
@@ -1,20 +1,11 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  *    Disk Array driver for HP Smart Array SAS controllers
  *    Copyright 2016 Microsemi Corporation
  *    Copyright 2014-2015 PMC-Sierra, Inc.
  *    Copyright 2000,2009-2015 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
  *
- *    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; version 2 of the License.
- *
- *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *    MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- *    NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
  *    Questions/Comments/Bugfixes to esc.storagedev@microsemi.com
- *
  */
 #ifndef HPSA_CMD_H
 #define HPSA_CMD_H

Re: [GOODTITLE patch 0/8] Deep review of the 'good title' disclaimer variant

[Allison Randal]

On 6/5/19 11:00 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> The following modified disclaimer is beyond my competence so I refrain from
> commenting on it and leave it to our lawyer friends to make sense of it.
> 
> Standard disclaimer:
> 
>     this program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but
>     without any warranty without even the implied warranty of
>     merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose see the gnu general
>     public license for more details
> 
> Modified disclaimer:
> 
>     this program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but
>     without any warranty without even the implied warranty of
>     merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose good title or non
>     infringement see the gnu general public license for more details
> 
> The extra bit is: "good title or non infringement"

My understanding is that the warranties of title and noninfringement are
standard implied warranties, so GPLv2 already disclaims them by
disclaiming any implied warranties. But, this seems more legally
nuanced, so I'll wait to review until some of the lawyers comment.

Allison

Re: [GOODTITLE patch 0/8] Deep review of the 'good title' disclaimer variant

[Richard Fontana]

On Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 4:38 PM Allison Randal <allison@lohutok.net> wrote:
>
> On 6/5/19 11:00 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > The following modified disclaimer is beyond my competence so I refrain from
> > commenting on it and leave it to our lawyer friends to make sense of it.
> >
> > Standard disclaimer:
> >
> >     this program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but
> >     without any warranty without even the implied warranty of
> >     merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose see the gnu general
> >     public license for more details
> >
> > Modified disclaimer:
> >
> >     this program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but
> >     without any warranty without even the implied warranty of
> >     merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose good title or non
> >     infringement see the gnu general public license for more details
> >
> > The extra bit is: "good title or non infringement"
>
> My understanding is that the warranties of title and noninfringement are
> standard implied warranties, so GPLv2 already disclaims them by
> disclaiming any implied warranties. But, this seems more legally
> nuanced, so I'll wait to review until some of the lawyers comment.

Unfortunately it is not clear. Though this is not my view, one could
argue that the warranty disclaimer provision in GPLv2 itself is
inadequate to disclaim implied warranties that are not specifically
mentioned, based on commercial law in the US, or at least,
specifically, the implied warranties of title and noninfringement.

I would have to assume that anyone who bothered to add disclaimers of
the implied warranties of title and noninfringement into the standard
GNU GPL license notice (which does not mention them) did so because
they believed the standard language in the notice and the license
itself was -- or might be -- deficient.

I think therefore that either these disclaimer notices should be kept,
unless the original copyright holder associated with the notice agrees
otherwise.

Richard