From: Tim Bird <tim.bird@sony.com>
To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, mcgrof@kernel.org,
petr.pavlu@suse.com, da.gomez@kernel.org
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org, linux-modules@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tim Bird <tim.bird@sony.com>
Subject: [PATCH] kernel: modules: Add SPDX license identifier to kmod.c
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:04:31 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260116000431.643070-1-tim.bird@sony.com> (raw)
Add a GPL-2.0 license identifier line for this file.
kmod.c was originally introduced in the kernel in February
of 1998 by Linus Torvalds - who was familiar with kernel
licensing at the time this was introduced.
Signed-off-by: Tim Bird <tim.bird@sony.com>
---
kernel/module/kmod.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/kernel/module/kmod.c b/kernel/module/kmod.c
index 25f253812512..a25dccdf7aa7 100644
--- a/kernel/module/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/module/kmod.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
/*
* kmod - the kernel module loader
*
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-01-16 0:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-16 0:04 Tim Bird [this message]
2026-01-16 0:58 ` [PATCH] kernel: modules: Add SPDX license identifier to kmod.c Linus Torvalds
2026-01-16 8:00 ` Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)
2026-01-16 18:45 ` Bird, Tim
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