From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Tim Bird <tim.bird@sony.com>,
karim@opersys.com, akpm@linuxfoundation.org, tglx@kernel.org
Cc: tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com, kernelxing@tencent.com,
perterz@infradead.org, linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tim Bird <tim.bird@sony.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: add SPDX-License-Identifier lines
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:00:37 +1030 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875x8yw4n6.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260113234405.539422-1-tim.bird@sony.com>
Actually, all my kernel licenses were intended "GPL v2 or any later version".
Sorry if that makes trouble for your licensing theater group!
Cheers,
Rusty.
Tim Bird <tim.bird@sony.com> writes:
> Add SPDX-License-Identifier lines to some old kernel
> files.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Bird <tim.bird@sony.com>
> ---
> kernel/cpu.c | 3 +--
> kernel/relay.c | 3 +--
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
> index 8df2d773fe3b..5185c0be847a 100644
> --- a/kernel/cpu.c
> +++ b/kernel/cpu.c
> @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> /* CPU control.
> * (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Rusty Russell
> - *
> - * This code is licenced under the GPL.
> */
> #include <linux/sched/mm.h>
> #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
> diff --git a/kernel/relay.c b/kernel/relay.c
> index e36f6b926f7f..6ed6bc929bf9 100644
> --- a/kernel/relay.c
> +++ b/kernel/relay.c
> @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> /*
> * Public API and common code for kernel->userspace relay file support.
> *
> @@ -9,8 +10,6 @@
> * Moved to kernel/relay.c by Paul Mundt, 2006.
> * November 2006 - CPU hotplug support by Mathieu Desnoyers
> * (mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca)
> - *
> - * This file is released under the GPL.
> */
> #include <linux/errno.h>
> #include <linux/stddef.h>
> --
> 2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-19 5:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-13 23:44 [PATCH] kernel: add SPDX-License-Identifier lines Tim Bird
2026-01-14 15:24 ` Karim Yaghmour
2026-01-19 5:30 ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2026-01-19 19:41 ` Bird, Tim
2026-01-19 22:40 ` [PATCH v2] kernel: Add " Tim Bird
2026-01-27 14:57 ` Greg KH
2026-01-27 15:05 ` Bird, Tim
2026-01-28 20:04 ` [PATCH] kernel: adjust cpu.c SPDX id Tim Bird
2026-01-28 20:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-01-29 16:28 ` Bird, Tim
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