Re: [PATCH blktests] block/{029,030,031}: relicense from GPL-2.0 to GPL-3.0+

[Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com>]

On Aug 21, 2026 / 19:53, Shin'ichiro Kawasaki wrote:
> Most blktests code, including check and common/rc, is licensed under
> GPL-3.0+. However, tests/block/029, 030 and 031 are licensed under
> GPL-2.0 only. These test scripts source GPL-3.0+ shell code, but
> GPL-2.0-only code is incompatible with GPL-3.0 code [1].
> 
> Relicense these test scripts under GPL-3.0 or later to resolve this
> incompatibility.
> 
> The script files were authored by Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>,
> and subsequently modified by five contributors:
> 
>  Yi Zhang <yi.zhang@redhat.com>
>  Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
>  Li Zhijian <lizhijian@fujitsu.com>
>  Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
>  Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com>
> 
> Bart and all of the listed contributors except Yi Zhang agreed to the
> relicensing. Yi Zhang did not respond to requests sent to his Red Hat
> e-mail address and the address associated with his GitHub account. His
> changes are considered de minimis, so his consent is not required [2].
> 
> [1] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#v2v3Compatibility
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/ama1svBbdVfyEKz1@shinmob/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com>

I appreciate the Acked-by tags by the author and the contributors. I applied
the patch.