Re: [PATCH v2] bsd-user: Switch to SPDX-License-Expression

["Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Mar 04, 2026 at 09:05:33AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
> Two minor changes to the copyright and license marking for these files:
> (1) Stacey D Son is used instead of variations of his name.
> (2) The GPL boilerplate is replaced by SPDX markings. No change to the
> terms of the license are intended, and this matches current QEMU practice.
> 
> There's no changes to the license or additional claims to any IP that
> others may hold in these files. All the S-o-bs in this commit have given
> me permission to do this to the extent they may hold rights. git blame
> over multiple repos and branches suggests that only minimal other
> material is present (much of it likely not subject to copyright
> protection). The project's long and complex history as well as tooling
> limitations make it hard to be 100% sure. Any omissions are
> unintentional and I will correct them as they come to light.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stacey Son <sson@FreeBSD.org>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Bruno <sbruno@FreeBSD.org>
> Signed-off-by: Mikaël Urankar <mikael.urankar@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>
> Signed-off-by: Guy Yur <guyyur@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Kabaev <kan@FreeBSD.org>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Meloun <mmel@FreeBSD.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ed Schouten <ed@nuxi.nl>
> Signed-off-by: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>

Thanks, I used that set of emails to filter out commits 

Out of the remaining commits/files with other authors, most were a
case of  trivial function renames, code deletion, or trivial syntax
fixes to deal with external cleanups which can be exluded.

The only files where I saw any non-trivial code from other contributors
are
 
bsd-user/bsd-mem.h: 8
bsd-user/elfload.c: 36
bsd-user/freebsd/os-misc.h: 1
bsd-user/freebsd/os-proc.c: 3
bsd-user/freebsd/os-proc.h: 3
bsd-user/qemu.h: 58
bsd-user/strace.c: 7

There are way too many historic authors for elfload.c, qemu.h and
strace.c to make it worth chasing those down, so I'd suggest just
dropping those three files from the commit.

For bsd-mem.h, and freebsd/os* Karim Taha <kariem.taha2.7@gmail.com>
is the only notable omission I saw. Up to you whether to check with
them or just drop those files from the cleanup.


With regards,
Daniel
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