[PATCH] net: Add SPDX ids to some source files

[PATCH] net: Add SPDX ids to some source files

[Tim Bird]

Add SPDX-License-Identifier lines to several source
files under the network sub-directory.  Work on files
in the core, dns_resolver, ipv4, ipv6 and
netfilter sub-dirs.  Remove boilerplate
and license reference text to avoid ambiguity.

Rusty Russell has expressed that his contributions
were intended to be GPL-2.0-or-later.

Signed-off-by: Tim Bird <tim.bird@sony.com>
---
---
 net/core/fib_notifier.c               |  1 +
 net/core/sock_diag.c                  |  3 +--
 net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c            | 14 +-------------
 net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c          | 14 +-------------
 net/dns_resolver/internal.h           | 14 +-------------
 net/ipv4/inetpeer.c                   |  3 +--
 net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c                  |  1 +
 net/ipv4/netfilter.c                  |  3 ++-
 net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c                    |  1 +
 net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.h                  |  1 +
 net/ipv4/tcp_plb.c                    |  1 +
 net/ipv6/fib6_notifier.c              |  1 +
 net/ipv6/ila/ila_common.c             |  1 +
 net/ipv6/netfilter.c                  |  3 ++-
 net/netfilter/core.c                  |  3 +--
 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c  |  4 +---
 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c |  1 +
 net/netfilter/nf_queue.c              |  1 +
 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c             |  4 +---
 net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c      |  1 +
 net/netfilter/xt_connbytes.c          |  3 ++-
 net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c          |  3 ++-
 net/netfilter/xt_time.c               |  3 +--
 23 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/fib_notifier.c b/net/core/fib_notifier.c
index 5cdca49b1d7c..6bb2cc7e88ca 100644
--- a/net/core/fib_notifier.c
+++ b/net/core/fib_notifier.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
diff --git a/net/core/sock_diag.c b/net/core/sock_diag.c
index c83335c62360..f67accd60675 100644
--- a/net/core/sock_diag.c
+++ b/net/core/sock_diag.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-/* License: GPL */
-
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/filter.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/socket.h>
diff --git a/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c b/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c
index c42ddd85ff1f..9d998e267f5f 100644
--- a/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c
+++ b/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 /* Key type used to cache DNS lookups made by the kernel
  *
  * See Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.rst
@@ -7,19 +8,6 @@
  *              Steve French (sfrench@us.ibm.com)
  *              Wang Lei (wang840925@gmail.com)
  *		David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
- *
- *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
- *   by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- *   along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
diff --git a/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c b/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c
index 53da62984447..e1c09d7b8200 100644
--- a/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c
+++ b/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 /* Upcall routine, designed to work as a key type and working through
  * /sbin/request-key to contact userspace when handling DNS queries.
  *
@@ -20,19 +21,6 @@
  *   For example to use this module to query AFSDB RR:
  *
  *	create dns_resolver afsdb:* * /sbin/dns.afsdb %k
- *
- *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
- *   by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- *   along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
diff --git a/net/dns_resolver/internal.h b/net/dns_resolver/internal.h
index 0c570d40e4d6..d0d8edcea092 100644
--- a/net/dns_resolver/internal.h
+++ b/net/dns_resolver/internal.h
@@ -1,21 +1,9 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
 /*
  *   Copyright (c) 2010 Wang Lei
  *   Author(s): Wang Lei (wang840925@gmail.com). All Rights Reserved.
  *
  *   Internal DNS Rsolver stuff
- *
- *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
- *   by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- *   along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c b/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
index 7b1e0a2d6906..9fa396d5f09f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  *		INETPEER - A storage for permanent information about peers
  *
- *  This source is covered by the GNU GPL, the same as all kernel sources.
- *
  *  Authors:	Andrey V. Savochkin <saw@msu.ru>
  */
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c
index 2d62526406ca..57721827a61a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /* Linux multicast routing support
  * Common logic shared by IPv4 [ipmr] and IPv6 [ip6mr] implementation
  */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter.c
index ce310eb779e0..ce9e1bfa4259 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter.c
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * IPv4 specific functions of netfilter core
  *
- * Rusty Russell (C) 2000 -- This code is GPL.
+ * Rusty Russell (C) 2000
  * Patrick McHardy (C) 2006-2012
  */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c
index 760941e55153..05d52372ca8f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /* Bottleneck Bandwidth and RTT (BBR) congestion control
  *
  * BBR congestion control computes the sending rate based on the delivery
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.h b/net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.h
index 4b0259111d81..f13f8d770576 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.h
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef _TCP_DCTCP_H
 #define _TCP_DCTCP_H
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_plb.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_plb.c
index 4bcf7eff95e3..68ccdb9a5412 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_plb.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_plb.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /* Protective Load Balancing (PLB)
  *
  * PLB was designed to reduce link load imbalance across datacenter
diff --git a/net/ipv6/fib6_notifier.c b/net/ipv6/fib6_notifier.c
index 949b72610df7..64cd4ed8864c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/fib6_notifier.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/fib6_notifier.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/socket.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ila/ila_common.c b/net/ipv6/ila/ila_common.c
index b8d43ed4689d..e71571455c8a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ila/ila_common.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ila/ila_common.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/ip.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter.c
index 46540a5a4331..c3dc90dfab80 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter.c
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * IPv6 specific functions of netfilter core
  *
- * Rusty Russell (C) 2000 -- This code is GPL.
+ * Rusty Russell (C) 2000
  * Patrick McHardy (C) 2006-2012
  */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/core.c b/net/netfilter/core.c
index 11a702065bab..d5df44ea9e7b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/core.c
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /* netfilter.c: look after the filters for various protocols.
  * Heavily influenced by the old firewall.c by David Bonn and Alan Cox.
  *
  * Thanks to Rob `CmdrTaco' Malda for not influencing this code in any
  * way.
- *
- * This code is GPL.
  */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter.h>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index c9d725fc2d71..9b295867a105 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /* Connection tracking via netlink socket. Allows for user space
  * protocol helpers and general trouble making from userspace.
  *
@@ -10,9 +11,6 @@
  * generally made possible by Network Robots, Inc. (www.networkrobots.com)
  *
  * Further development of this code funded by Astaro AG (http://www.astaro.com)
- *
- * This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
- * of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
  */
 
 #include <linux/init.h>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c
index 9b677e116487..b2e4fb6fa011 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c b/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c
index 7f12e56e6e52..a6c81c04b3a5 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * Rusty Russell (C)2000 -- This code is GPL.
  * Patrick McHardy (c) 2006-2012
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index e62a0dea24ea..47f3ed441f64 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /* Netfilter messages via netlink socket. Allows for user space
  * protocol helpers and general trouble making from userspace.
  *
@@ -9,9 +10,6 @@
  * generally made possible by Network Robots, Inc. (www.networkrobots.com)
  *
  * Further development of this code funded by Astaro AG (http://www.astaro.com)
- *
- * This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
- * of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c b/net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c
index b16185e9a6dd..14b14c46c314 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_connbytes.c b/net/netfilter/xt_connbytes.c
index 2aabdcea8707..1c6ffc7f1622 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_connbytes.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_connbytes.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /* Kernel module to match connection tracking byte counter.
- * GPL (C) 2002 Martin Devera (devik@cdi.cz).
+ *  (C) 2002 Martin Devera (devik@cdi.cz).
  */
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
 #include <linux/module.h>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c b/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c
index 848287ab79cf..42df9e175aff 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * netfilter module to limit the number of parallel tcp
  * connections per IP address.
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@
  * based on ...
  *
  * Kernel module to match connection tracking information.
- * GPL (C) 1999  Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au).
+ *   (C) 1999  Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au).
  */
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_time.c b/net/netfilter/xt_time.c
index 00319d2a54da..9068cf88ec30 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_time.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_time.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  *	xt_time
  *	Copyright © CC Computer Consultants GmbH, 2007
@@ -6,8 +7,6 @@
  *	This is a module which is used for time matching
  *	It is using some modified code from dietlibc (localtime() function)
  *	that you can find at https://www.fefe.de/dietlibc/
- *	This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- *	License (GPL). Copies of the GPL can be obtained from gnu.org/gpl.
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH] net: Add SPDX ids to some source files

[patchwork-bot+netdevbpf]

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:

On Wed,  4 Mar 2026 17:47:22 -0700 you wrote:
> Add SPDX-License-Identifier lines to several source
> files under the network sub-directory.  Work on files
> in the core, dns_resolver, ipv4, ipv6 and
> netfilter sub-dirs.  Remove boilerplate
> and license reference text to avoid ambiguity.
> 
> Rusty Russell has expressed that his contributions
> were intended to be GPL-2.0-or-later.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - net: Add SPDX ids to some source files
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/2ed4b46b4fc7

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