Re: [Batch 11 patch 09/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 259

[Steve Winslow <swinslow@linuxfoundation.org>]

Suggest holding on this one, non-standard disclaimer language

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 10:22 AM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
>
> 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 see the gnu general public license
>   for more details no warranty the program is provided on an as is
>   basis without warranties or conditions of any kind either express or
>   implied including without limitation any warranties or conditions of
>   title non infringement merchantability or fitness for a particular
>   purpose each recipient is solely responsible for determining the
>   appropriateness of using and distributing the program and assumes
>   all risks associated with its exercise of rights under this
>   agreement including but not limited to the risks and costs of
>   program errors damage to or loss of data programs or equipment and
>   unavailability or interruption of operations disclaimer of liability
>   neither recipient nor any contributors shall have any liability for
>   any direct indirect incidental special exemplary or consequential
>   damages including without limitation lost profits however caused and
>   on any theory of liability whether in contract strict liability or
>   tort including negligence or otherwise arising in any way out of the
>   use or distribution of the program or the exercise of any rights
>   granted hereunder even if advised of the possibility of such damages
>
> 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).
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
>
> ---
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-spdx.git/commit/?h=batch11&id=826c491bb7d9
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/smartpqi/Kconfig |   30 +-----------------------------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 29 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/Kconfig
> @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>  #
>  # Kernel configuration file for the SMARTPQI
>  #
> @@ -5,35 +6,6 @@
>  # Copyright (c) 2016 PMC-Sierra, Inc.
>  #  (mailto:esc.storagedev@microsemi.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
> -# 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.  See the
> -# GNU General Public License for more details.
> -
> -# NO WARRANTY
> -# THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR
> -# CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, WITHOUT
> -# LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT,
> -# MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Each Recipient is
> -# solely responsible for determining the appropriateness of using and
> -# distributing the Program and assumes all risks associated with its
> -# exercise of rights under this Agreement, including but not limited to
> -# the risks and costs of program errors, damage to or loss of data,
> -# programs or equipment, and unavailability or interruption of operations.
> -
> -# DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
> -# NEITHER RECIPIENT NOR ANY CONTRIBUTORS SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY
> -# DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
> -# DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS), HOWEVER CAUSED AND
> -# ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR
> -# TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE
> -# USE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM OR THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS GRANTED
> -# HEREUNDER, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES
>
>  config SCSI_SMARTPQI
>         tristate "Microsemi PQI Driver"
>
>


-- 
Steve Winslow
Director of Strategic Programs
The Linux Foundation
swinslow@linuxfoundation.org