Re: [PATCH 0/2] m68k/powerpc: Kill references to non-existent README.legal

Re: [PATCH 0/2] m68k/powerpc: Kill references to non-existent README.legal

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Christophe,

On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 4:25 PM Christophe Leroy
<christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu> wrote:
> Le 07/09/2023 à 16:21, Geert Uytterhoeven a écrit :
> > Several source files contain license boilerplate that refers to the file
> > "README.legal", which never existed in upstream Linux.  This is a relic
> > from the early port of Linux to the m68k processor family, before it was
> > merged in v1.3.94.  Later, copies of this boilerplate ended up in the
> > PowerPC port.
> >
> > The "README.legal" file (from e.g. [1]) read:
> >
> > ---8<-----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Legal information about the Linux/68k software package
> >
> > All files contained in this archive are copyrighted by one or more
> > person.  They are not in the public domain.
> >
> > Most of the files are copyrighted by Linus Torvalds, the original
> > writer of Linux for IBM PC clone systems.  Some parts are copyrighted
> > by other IBM PC linux developers.  Other parts are copyrighted by
> > Linux/68k developers.
> >
> > This package is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General
> > Public License.  A copy of this license may be found in the file named
> > "COPYING" which should be in the same directory as this file.  If the
> > file has been omitted, you may obtain it by writing to the Free
> > Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------->8---
> >
> > Note that the "COPYING" file at that time corresponded to the version
> > from upstream Linux v0.99.11 until v2.1.104, and thus predated the
> > addition of the "only valid GPL version is v2" clause in v2.4.0-test8.
> >
> > This patch series gets rid of the references to README.legal by
> > replacing the boilerplate with SPDX license identifiers.
> >
> > Thanks for your comments!
>
> As far as I know this kind of patch has to be copied to
> linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org

Thanks, added to CC.

> > [1] https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/historic-linux/ftp-archives/tsx-11.mit.edu/Oct-07-1996/680x0/v0.9/linux-0.9.tar.gz
> >
> > Geert Uytterhoeven (2):
> >    m68k: Replace GPL 2.0+ README.legal boilerplate by SPDX
> >    powerpc: Replace GPL 2.0+ README.legal boilerplate by SPDX
> >
> >   arch/m68k/68000/entry.S             | 7 ++-----
> >   arch/m68k/bvme6000/config.c         | 5 +----
> >   arch/m68k/coldfire/entry.S          | 7 ++-----
> >   arch/m68k/ifpsp060/Makefile         | 6 ++----
> >   arch/m68k/kernel/entry.S            | 7 ++-----
> >   arch/m68k/kernel/head.S             | 8 ++------
> >   arch/m68k/mvme147/config.c          | 5 +----
> >   arch/m68k/mvme16x/config.c          | 5 +----
> >   arch/m68k/q40/config.c              | 5 +----
> >   arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace/ptrace.c | 5 +----
> >   arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c        | 5 +----
> >   arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.h        | 7 ++-----
> >   12 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
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