[PATCH] kvmclock : convert to SPDX identifiers

[PATCH] kvmclock : convert to SPDX identifiers

[Peng Hao]

From: Peng Hao <peng.hao2@zte.com.cn>

This patch updates license to use SPDX-License-Identifier
instead of verbose license text

Signed-off-by: Peng Hao <peng.hao2@zte.com.cn>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c | 15 +--------------
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
index 1e67646..0ebd715 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*  KVM paravirtual clock driver. A clocksource implementation
     Copyright (C) 2008 Glauber de Oliveira Costa, Red Hat Inc.
-
-    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 of the License, 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; if not, write to the Free Software
-    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 */
 
 #include <linux/clocksource.h>
-- 
1.8.3.1

Re: [PATCH] kvmclock : convert to SPDX identifiers

[Thomas Gleixner]

Peng,

On Wed, 31 Oct 2018, Peng Hao wrote:

a few nitpicks upfront. The proper prefix for this is: x86/kvmclock

Most of the time, you can deduce the prefix from running 'git log
path/to/file'.

> This patch updates license to use SPDX-License-Identifier
> instead of verbose license text

git grep 'This patch' Documentation/process

> Signed-off-by: Peng Hao <peng.hao2@zte.com.cn>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c | 15 +--------------
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
> index 1e67646..0ebd715 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
> @@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

But, this is the wrong tag. The verbose text has:

> -    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> -    (at your option) any later version.

So what you want here is: GPL-2.0+ or GPL-2.0-or-later

You really need to be very careful when replacing boiler plate text with
SPDX identifiers.

Thanks,

	tglx