Re: [Batch 16 patch 15/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 240

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>]

On Mon, 3 Jun 2019, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 03, 2019 at 01:30:24PM +0200, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> > On 03.06.19 07:44, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > 
> > > --- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
> > > +++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
> > > @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
> > >  #!/bin/sh
> > > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> > >  #
> > >  # Copyright 2003 Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>
> > >  #
> > > @@ -160,12 +161,6 @@ Copyright: 1991 - 2018 Linus Torvalds an
> > >  The git repository for mainline kernel development is at:
> > >  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
> > >  
> > > -    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 dated June, 1991.
> > > -
> > > -On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
> > > -License version 2 can be found in \`/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
> > >  EOF
> > >  
> > >  # Generate a control file
> > 
> > Really sure that the generated deb copyright file should be changed ?
> > (this text is not for the script itself, but the generated .deb)
> > 
> > Anyways, this statement might not be fully correct, if not everything
> > really is GPLv2.
> > 
> > Oh, and I can't see any explicit statement that this script is gplv2.
> 
> Oops, this scripts went a bit crazy here, this "GPL statement" is for
> the autogenerated .deb file, not the license for the script itself.

Indeed.

> Thomas, you should add this to the "look at later" file.

Done.

> Well, it really should just get add to the "files with no license so
> they get a GPLv2 tag added to them" pile, as that is what this one is.

Correct.

Thanks,

	tglx