Re: [patch 08/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 8

From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Steve Winslow <swinslow@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 08/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 8
Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 10:51:24 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1905201049440.24434@nanos.tec.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAL8Xim5u_0CmZeoPqf4wEKhXoPcqJUxVS3GifXe7gFhuUXJ3Uw@mail.gmail.com>

Christoph,

On Sun, 19 May 2019, Steve Winslow wrote:

> Similar comment as for patches 6 and 16: the additional disclaimer
> paragraph at the bottom (beginning with "THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED
> BY...") appears to come from a BSD-style license, not GPL. I'm not
> sure this disclaimer should be deleted and replaced by just a standard
> GPL-2.0-or-later tag.
>

do we still have contacts at Initio so we could clarify what the intention
of this particular license wording was/is?

Thanks,

	tglx

Left for reference:

> On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 1:20 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> 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 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 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 see
> >   the file copying if not write to the free software foundation 675
> >   mass ave cambridge ma 02139 usa this software is provided by the
> >   author and contributors as is and any express or implied warranties
> >   including but not limited to the implied warranties of
> >   merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed
> >   in no event shall the author or contributors be liable for any
> >   direct indirect incidental special exemplary or consequential
> >   damages including but not limited to procurement of substitute goods
> >   or services loss of use data or profits or business interruption
> >   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 of this software even if advised of the
> >   possibility of such damage
> >
> > extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier
> >
> >   GPL-2.0-or-later
> >
> > has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 3 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=step2&id=9296825b00e9
> > ---
> >  drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c |   27 +--------------------------
> >  drivers/scsi/a100u2w.h |   27 +--------------------------
> >  drivers/scsi/initio.h  |   27 +--------------------------
> >  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)
> >
> > --- a/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c
> > +++ b/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c
> > @@ -1,35 +1,10 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> >  /*
> >   * Initio A100 device driver for Linux.
> >   *
> >   * Copyright (c) 1994-1998 Initio Corporation
> >   * Copyright (c) 2003-2004 Christoph Hellwig
> >   * 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, 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.  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; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
> > - * the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
> > - *
> > - * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
> > - * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
> > - * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
> > - * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
> > - * ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
> > - * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
> > - * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
> > - * 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 OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
> > - * SUCH DAMAGE.
> >   */
> >
> >  /*
> > --- a/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.h
> > +++ b/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.h
> > @@ -1,35 +1,10 @@
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
> >  /*
> >   * Initio A100 device driver for Linux.
> >   *
> >   * Copyright (c) 1994-1998 Initio Corporation
> >   * 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, 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.  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; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
> > - * the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
> > - *
> > - * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
> > - * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
> > - * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
> > - * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
> > - * ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
> > - * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
> > - * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
> > - * 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 OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
> > - * SUCH DAMAGE.
> > - *
> >   * Revision History:
> >   * 06/18/98 HL, Initial production Version 1.02
> >   * 12/19/98 bv, Use spinlocks for 2.1.95 and up
> > --- a/drivers/scsi/initio.h
> > +++ b/drivers/scsi/initio.h
> > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
> >  /**************************************************************************
> >   * Initio 9100 device driver for Linux.
> >   *
> > @@ -6,32 +7,6 @@
> >   *
> >   * Cleanups (c) Copyright 2007 Red Hat <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
> >   *
> > - * 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, 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.  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; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
> > - * the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
> > - *
> > - * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
> > - * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
> > - * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
> > - * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
> > - * ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
> > - * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
> > - * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
> > - * 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 OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
> > - * SUCH DAMAGE.
> > - *
> >   **************************************************************************/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> Steve Winslow
> Director of Strategic Programs
> The Linux Foundation
> swinslow@linuxfoundation.org
> 