[PATCH v3] Documentation: add SPDX license identifiers to RST files

[PATCH v3] Documentation: add SPDX license identifiers to RST files

[Yahya Toubali]

Add SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 to RST documentation files
that were missing it. This aligns with kernel documentation
conventions.

Signed-off-by: Yahya Toubali <yahya@yahyatoubali.me>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst      | 1 +
 Documentation/core-api/housekeeping.rst      | 2 ++
 Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst | 1 +
 Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst           | 1 +
 Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst          | 1 +
 Documentation/process/howto.rst              | 1 +
 Documentation/sound/designs/index.rst        | 2 ++
 7 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
index 481658cfef40..f15a613fed6a 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .. _cgroup-v2:
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 ================
 Control Group v2
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/housekeeping.rst b/Documentation/core-api/housekeeping.rst
index 71ba5d86f249..f4dc5f9337b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/housekeeping.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/housekeeping.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
 ======================================
 Housekeeping
 ======================================
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst
index 0f19dd524323..370f5a0c4238 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .. _memory_allocation:
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 =======================
 Memory Allocation Guide
diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
index 51c370260f3b..74a3425e81c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .. _sphinxdoc:
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 =====================================
 Using Sphinx for kernel documentation
diff --git a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
index 07d7dbed13ec..510abeea8977 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .. _development_posting:
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 Posting patches
 ===============
diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst
index 9438e03d6f50..9001024e44cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .. _process_howto:
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 HOWTO do Linux kernel development
 =================================
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/designs/index.rst b/Documentation/sound/designs/index.rst
index 6b825c5617fc..4ba4038187b5 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/designs/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/sound/designs/index.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
 Designs and Implementations
 ===========================
 

base-commit: 1229e2e57a5c2980ccd457b9b53ea0eed5a22ab3
prerequisite-patch-id: c8aee5eb39e3cd6f2b2f28c82163565665288d2a
prerequisite-patch-id: 60ad32e9f0e74902635d7886b97c4225ac8dc5ce
prerequisite-patch-id: 76849a9365b2ef77eae25f4ee42c11f124b1ea0d
prerequisite-patch-id: 7d40674803d67642dd3326a8f4061acbcfb72998
-- 
2.55.0

Re: [PATCH v3] Documentation: add SPDX license identifiers to RST files

[Greg KH]

On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 05:56:16PM +0100, Yahya Toubali wrote:
> Add SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 to RST documentation files
> that were missing it. This aligns with kernel documentation
> conventions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yahya Toubali <yahya@yahyatoubali.me>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst      | 1 +
>  Documentation/core-api/housekeeping.rst      | 2 ++
>  Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst | 1 +
>  Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst           | 1 +
>  Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst          | 1 +
>  Documentation/process/howto.rst              | 1 +
>  Documentation/sound/designs/index.rst        | 2 ++
>  7 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

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