[PATCH blktests] block/040: relicense from GPL-2.0 to GPL-3.0+

[PATCH blktests] block/040: relicense from GPL-2.0 to GPL-3.0+

[Shin'ichiro Kawasaki]

Most blktests code, including check and common/rc, is licensed under
GPL-3.0+. However, tests/block/040 is licensed under GPL-2.0 only. This
test script sources GPL-3.0+ shell code, but GPL-2.0-only code is
incompatible with GPL-3.0 code [1].

Relicense this test script under GPL-3.0 or later to resolve this
incompatibility. The script file was authored by Ming Lei, and he agreed
to the relicensing [2]. Shin'ichiro Kawasaki subsequently modified the
test and also agrees to the relicensing.

[1] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#v2v3Compatibility
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/CACVXFVMio4pcYVrnd6LzYffymFUOLsSY6Oo3C31Yzb7sEcOGAQ@mail.gmail.com/

Signed-off-by: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com>
---
 tests/block/040 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/block/040 b/tests/block/040
index 32e54f0..b9d0441 100755
--- a/tests/block/040
+++ b/tests/block/040
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0+
 # Copyright 2025 Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
 #
 # Most of code is copied from block/029.
-- 
2.55.0

Re: [PATCH blktests] block/040: relicense from GPL-2.0 to GPL-3.0+

[Shin'ichiro Kawasaki]

On Aug 21, 2026 / 19:54, Shin'ichiro Kawasaki wrote:
> Most blktests code, including check and common/rc, is licensed under
> GPL-3.0+. However, tests/block/040 is licensed under GPL-2.0 only. This
> test script sources GPL-3.0+ shell code, but GPL-2.0-only code is
> incompatible with GPL-3.0 code [1].
> 
> Relicense this test script under GPL-3.0 or later to resolve this
> incompatibility. The script file was authored by Ming Lei, and he agreed
> to the relicensing [2]. Shin'ichiro Kawasaki subsequently modified the
> test and also agrees to the relicensing.

Ming, thanks for your acked-by tag. I applied the patch.

> 
> [1] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#v2v3Compatibility
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/CACVXFVMio4pcYVrnd6LzYffymFUOLsSY6Oo3C31Yzb7sEcOGAQ@mail.gmail.com/

While at it, I replaced the link above with the URL that Ming provided the
Acked-by tag:

     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/CACVXFVMWCbvZHte0MpfHo06jWKqd-nhQ91-Hf=pCxNnpxW+x+g@mail.gmail.com/