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=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS 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 BF059C31E46 for ; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 04:27:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A109A20874 for ; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 04:27:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729343AbfFLE1W (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Jun 2019 00:27:22 -0400 Received: from mail-vs1-f67.google.com ([209.85.217.67]:43609 "EHLO mail-vs1-f67.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727286AbfFLE1W (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Jun 2019 00:27:22 -0400 Received: by mail-vs1-f67.google.com with SMTP id d128so9406466vsc.10 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 2019 21:27:21 -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=0yzcGexn80FytvRIbaaW3kfA013dU1cytM/lPve87gQ=; b=r207ncdb4hlp/r2jK32bnWl0XBO5hAvGR4sbb7gv8d5tda+YxqkgptwxcZpcvoGxFy hYb1gMpXUm9rQSRChd1XUvPx0Yz1rtLJI2mkOTyUxNvDFv3zUQNR8W80Rpt91KunD+kB xzuOgAn41Z40OKisJRYQcMfUj2XvSjBOBIcCORaZIJelrWSa0SJDCZPy/Ic5jWnTRyYl gxPrQ/fTfgy4IKcyy2xV5EBxHGeKtvH/KhILgAAaktNm3cjDaX9FxdLW07tWhUFYWni6 lEiXXBhPToMYWPYipUiT1H4HVboLBynq5BpN/t9VRuQZo7cj2F7mNz49Z8O92sCHvVam DQ0w== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVOpkvYfadfBYJogJsXHmvZp8aV5RPmMY/ZVCIiMmyrXWPzjjEt +Q8nqtzSGN4+NS4s2CRJIrUk6qY2Pgvc7fhpW7Dq8Q== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwSxpGn4ELZXUNz4flqT/9HSKVx8ZN8RqVxNYmh9mOJEC6TQFdxSiSQFXa6pQ7EK8rHy9wiMWOybbOH9hWxkGg= X-Received: by 2002:a67:f6d4:: with SMTP id v20mr28243289vso.174.1560313641489; Tue, 11 Jun 2019 21:27:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20190606205526.447558989@linutronix.de> <20190606214946.956723876@linutronix.de> In-Reply-To: <20190606214946.956723876@linutronix.de> From: Richard Fontana Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 00:27:10 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [QLOGIC patch 5/5] net/qla3xxx: Convert to SPDX license identifiers To: Thomas Gleixner Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org, qla2xxx-upstream@qlogic.com, QLogic-Storage-Upstream@qlogic.com, GR-Linux-NIC-Dev@marvell.com 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 Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 3:23 PM Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > All files related to this driver contain the following notice: > > See LICENSE.qla3xxx for copyright and licensing details. > > LICENSE.qla3xxx can be found in > Documentation/networking/device_drivers/qlogic/. The file contains: > > - A copyright notice > > This copyright notice is redundant as all files contain the same > copyright notice already > > - A license notice > > You may modify and redistribute the device driver code under the GNU > General Public License (a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit > A) published by the Free Software Foundation (version 2 or a later > version). > > This can be replaced with the corresponding SPDX license identifier > (GPL-2.0-or-later) in the source files which reference this license > file. > > - A license for the device firmware > > This license is pointless in the context of the kernel as the firmware > is not distributed as part of the kernel. > > LICENSE.qla2xxx contained exactly the same firmware license which was > removed with commit bc3f957c069f ("[SCSI] qla2xxx: Update > LICENSE.qla2xxx."). > > The firmware license is there due to the fact that the out of tree > driver tarball which was available from the qlogic website contained > the firmware binary. The firmware license in the qla3xxx license file > got probably forgotten when the other qlogic license files were > updated. > > Remove the notices and add the SPDX license identifier GPL-2.0-or-later to > the source files. > > Finally remove the now redundant LICENSE.qla3xxx file. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Richard Fontana