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* [PATCH] x86/mtrr: Remove license boilerplate text with bad FSF address
@ 2025-08-01  8:45 Thomas Huth
  2025-08-22 17:53 ` [tip: x86/cleanups] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Huth
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Huth @ 2025-08-01  8:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen
  Cc: x86, H. Peter Anvin, linux-kernel, Greg Kroah-Hartman, linux-spdx

From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>

The Free Software Foundation does not reside in "675 Mass Ave, Cambridge"
anymore, so we should not mention that address in the source code here.
But instead of updating the address to their current location, let's
rather drop the license boilerplate text here and use a proper SPDX
license identifier instead. The text talks about the "GNU *Library*
General Public License" and "any later version", so LGPL-2.0+ is the
right choice here.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/mtrr.h        | 15 +--------------
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cleanup.c | 15 +--------------
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c    | 15 +--------------
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mtrr.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mtrr.h
index c69e269937c56..76b95bd1a4058 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mtrr.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mtrr.h
@@ -1,21 +1,8 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0+ */
 /*  Generic MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) ioctls.
 
     Copyright (C) 1997-1999  Richard Gooch
 
-    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
-    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-    Library General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
-    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
-    Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
     Richard Gooch may be reached by email at  rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
     The postal address is:
       Richard Gooch, c/o ATNF, P. O. Box 76, Epping, N.S.W., 2121, Australia.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cleanup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cleanup.c
index 18cf79d6e2c5a..763534d77f593 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cleanup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cleanup.c
@@ -1,21 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0+
 /*
  * MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) cleanup
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 2009 Yinghai Lu
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Library General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
- * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
- * Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  */
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c
index ecbda0341a8a3..4b3d492afe17c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c
@@ -1,22 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0+
 /*  Generic MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) driver.
 
     Copyright (C) 1997-2000  Richard Gooch
     Copyright (c) 2002	     Patrick Mochel
 
-    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
-    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-    Library General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
-    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
-    Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
     Richard Gooch may be reached by email at  rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
     The postal address is:
       Richard Gooch, c/o ATNF, P. O. Box 76, Epping, N.S.W., 2121, Australia.
-- 
2.50.1


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