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=-9.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SIGNED_OFF_BY,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 B2654C282DD for ; Thu, 23 May 2019 12:03:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F69420881 for ; Thu, 23 May 2019 12:03:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730718AbfEWMDG (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 May 2019 08:03:06 -0400 Received: from mail-vs1-f66.google.com ([209.85.217.66]:43432 "EHLO mail-vs1-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729762AbfEWMDG (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 May 2019 08:03:06 -0400 Received: by mail-vs1-f66.google.com with SMTP id d128so3387788vsc.10 for ; Thu, 23 May 2019 05:03:05 -0700 (PDT) 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=TbwtaOlalbrU3vvtwvocG4vMBaZNCsUwoQmtTRc9yac=; b=VAJT34uhLak1+OffLO6BNTAyUinWiLswnmj4yI4F3YLU2K/cQrwpLXZCxmTifqNjTf 8Z63pc8cxphNJOy7tQsWhpC4gXkLEIOhRCK/oOvJMGN2kXaI8wWZLURnikBflLf4MbjJ C1arKRhRQ1gUN9YiQGDMLEbo4vjozXFCdFdM/astMMZssB8O9MO6V0gCdgQWrNIH5oQT /ohslh/hsFFt5OK1TdMNHr9XmDoIgNEdIy83T3YDm6X3EzKSUDKjmGf2fUPnPjD2kW3t vm/Zp9HmCR7qQ0tVcvfsD4Csg6Li//gpFwhb9kWZz08IkXcnn8CG9L+Ff3R9k7f4jaYv k6UQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUzxMvDqFYUvxNx/QD0/faJVRIJIVpFyGImKsD7F4WStJpuXZ2I uTKoz5xxPW+FMhXLe/C3OGddSoMKAoBs17glZvQT+KacjwU= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxovsa3y2FGr9aFZIMJ5x6kEklt/+DqTuQmlNOP5QA+CsJGCvH3McfBOkfSUX95jWYC1FWjiUmjn2YWiRyv2Cw= X-Received: by 2002:a67:ca9a:: with SMTP id a26mr18674323vsl.92.1558612984857; Thu, 23 May 2019 05:03:04 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20190523091437.334232837@linutronix.de> <20190523091650.940005488@linutronix.de> In-Reply-To: <20190523091650.940005488@linutronix.de> From: Richard Fontana Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 08:02:53 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Batch 5 - patch 17/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 117 To: Thomas Gleixner Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org 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 On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 5:29 AM Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > 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 due to this file being licensed under > the gpl there is controversy over whether this permits you to write > a module that includes this file without placing your module under > the gpl please consult a lawyer for advice before doing this > > extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier > > GPL-2.0-or-later > > has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 2 file(s). Why should > due to this file being licensed under > the gpl there is controversy over whether this permits you to write > a module that includes this file without placing your module under > the gpl please consult a lawyer for advice before doing this be treated as "boilerplate" that should be deleted? It is a non-boilerplate statement about legal interpretation that goes beyond the mere license notice. Seems to merit discussion anyway. Richard > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner > --- > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-spdx.git/commit/?h=batch5&id=994fb82851b0 > --- > include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 12 +----------- > include/linux/security.h | 12 +----------- > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) > > --- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h > +++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */ > /* > * Linux Security Module interfaces > * > @@ -9,17 +10,6 @@ > * Copyright (C) 2015 Intel Corporation. > * Copyright (C) 2015 Casey Schaufler > * Copyright (C) 2016 Mellanox Techonologies > - * > - * 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. > - * > - * Due to this file being licensed under the GPL there is controversy over > - * whether this permits you to write a module that #includes this file > - * without placing your module under the GPL. Please consult a lawyer for > - * advice before doing this. > - * > */ > > #ifndef __LINUX_LSM_HOOKS_H > --- a/include/linux/security.h > +++ b/include/linux/security.h > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */ > /* > * Linux Security plug > * > @@ -7,17 +8,6 @@ > * Copyright (C) 2001 James Morris > * Copyright (C) 2001 Silicon Graphics, Inc. (Trust Technology Group) > * Copyright (C) 2016 Mellanox Techonologies > - * > - * 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. > - * > - * Due to this file being licensed under the GPL there is controversy over > - * whether this permits you to write a module that #includes this file > - * without placing your module under the GPL. Please consult a lawyer for > - * advice before doing this. > - * > */ > > #ifndef __LINUX_SECURITY_H > > -- Richard Fontana Senior Commercial Counsel Red Hat, Inc.