Re: [PATCH v2 09/10] udf: Replace license notice with SPDX identifier

Richard Fontana
2023-05-12T13:21:54Z

On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 6:07 AM Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> wrote:

> diff --git a/fs/udf/ecma_167.h b/fs/udf/ecma_167.h
> index de17a97e866742..b2b5bca45758df 100644
> --- a/fs/udf/ecma_167.h
> +++ b/fs/udf/ecma_167.h
> @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause OR GPL-1.0+ */
> /*
> * ecma_167.h
> *
> @@ -8,29 +9,6 @@
> * Copyright (c) 2017-2019 Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org>
> * All rights reserved.
> *
> - * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> - * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
> - * are met:
> - * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
> - * notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer,
> - * without modification.
> - * 2. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
> - * derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
> - *
> - * Alternatively, this software may be distributed under the terms of the
> - * GNU Public License ("GPL").
> - *
> - * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
> - * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
> - * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
> - * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
> - * ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
> - * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
> - * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
> - * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
> - * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
> - * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
> - * SUCH DAMAGE.
> */

This is not BSD-2-Clause. Ignoring the interior statement about the
GPL, I think the closest SPDX identifier might be
https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-Source-Code.html
but it doesn't quite match.

> diff --git a/fs/udf/osta_udf.h b/fs/udf/osta_udf.h
> index 157de0ec0cd530..6c09a4cb46f4a7 100644
> --- a/fs/udf/osta_udf.h
> +++ b/fs/udf/osta_udf.h
> @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause OR GPL-1.0+ */
> /*
> * osta_udf.h
> *
> @@ -8,29 +9,6 @@
> * Copyright (c) 2017-2019 Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org>
> * All rights reserved.
> *
> - * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> - * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
> - * are met:
> - * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
> - * notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer,
> - * without modification.
> - * 2. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
> - * derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
> - *
> - * Alternatively, this software may be distributed under the terms of the
> - * GNU Public License ("GPL").
> - *
> - * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
> - * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
> - * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
> - * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
> - * ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
> - * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
> - * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
> - * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
> - * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
> - * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
> - * SUCH DAMAGE.
> */

Same comment - this is not BSD-2-Clause.

> diff --git a/fs/udf/udftime.c b/fs/udf/udftime.c
> index fce4ad976c8c29..d0fce5348fd3f3 100644
> --- a/fs/udf/udftime.c
> +++ b/fs/udf/udftime.c
> @@ -1,21 +1,4 @@
> -/* Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> - This file is part of the GNU C Library.
> - Contributed by Paul Eggert (eggert@twinsun.com).
> -
> - The GNU C 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.
> -
> - The GNU C 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 the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
> - write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
> - Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

Shouldn't this be
// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0-or-later ?
(or are you implicitly using the obscure LGPLv2.x section ... 3 mechanism?)

Richard