From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/crc32: add SPDX license identifier
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 09:39:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2025051423-gallstone-carpentry-1c5a@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250514061425.GA237199@sol>
On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 11:14:25PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 08:11:40AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Tue, May 13 2025 at 22:24, Eric Biggers wrote:
> >
> > > From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
> > >
> > > lib/crc32.c and include/linux/crc32.h got missed by the bulk SPDX
> > > conversion because of the nonstandard explanation of the license.
> > > However, crc32.c clearly states that it's licensed under the GNU General
> > > Public License, Version 2. And the comment in crc32.h clearly indicates
> > > that it's meant to have the same license as crc32.c. Therefore, apply
> > > SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only to both files.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
>
> Thanks.
>
> I forgot to mention: I'm planning to take this patch through the crc tree.
Great!
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-05-14 7:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-05-14 5:24 [PATCH] lib/crc32: add SPDX license identifier Eric Biggers
2025-05-14 6:11 ` Thomas Gleixner
2025-05-14 6:14 ` Eric Biggers
2025-05-14 7:39 ` Greg KH [this message]
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