[PATCH 5/5] Documentation: add SPDX license identifiers to RST files

[PATCH 5/5] Documentation: add SPDX license identifiers to RST files

[Yahya Toubali]

Add SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 to documentation files that were missing it.
---
 Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst | 1 +
 Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst           | 1 +
 Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst          | 1 +
 Documentation/process/howto.rst              | 1 +
 Documentation/sound/designs/index.rst        | 2 ++
 5 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst
index 0f19dd524323..370f5a0c4238 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .. _memory_allocation:
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 =======================
 Memory Allocation Guide
diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
index 51c370260f3b..74a3425e81c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .. _sphinxdoc:
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 =====================================
 Using Sphinx for kernel documentation
diff --git a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
index 07d7dbed13ec..510abeea8977 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .. _development_posting:
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 Posting patches
 ===============
diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst
index 9438e03d6f50..9001024e44cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .. _process_howto:
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 HOWTO do Linux kernel development
 =================================
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/designs/index.rst b/Documentation/sound/designs/index.rst
index 6b825c5617fc..4ba4038187b5 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/designs/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/sound/designs/index.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
 Designs and Implementations
 ===========================
 
-- 
2.55.0

Re: [PATCH 5/5] Documentation: add SPDX license identifiers to RST files

[Greg KH]

On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 03:40:04PM +0100, Yahya Toubali wrote:
> Add SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 to documentation files that were missing it.
> ---
>  Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst | 1 +
>  Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst           | 1 +
>  Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst          | 1 +
>  Documentation/process/howto.rst              | 1 +
>  Documentation/sound/designs/index.rst        | 2 ++
>  5 files changed, 6 insertions(+)


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[PATCH 5/5] Documentation: add SPDX license identifiers to RST files

[Yahya Toubali]

Add SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 to documentation files that were missing it.

Signed-off-by: Yahya Toubali <yahya@yahyatoubali.me>
---
 Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst | 1 +
 Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst           | 1 +
 Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst          | 1 +
 Documentation/process/howto.rst              | 1 +
 Documentation/sound/designs/index.rst        | 2 ++
 5 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst
index 0f19dd524323..370f5a0c4238 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .. _memory_allocation:
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 =======================
 Memory Allocation Guide
diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
index 51c370260f3b..74a3425e81c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .. _sphinxdoc:
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 =====================================
 Using Sphinx for kernel documentation
diff --git a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
index 07d7dbed13ec..510abeea8977 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .. _development_posting:
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 Posting patches
 ===============
diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst
index 9438e03d6f50..9001024e44cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .. _process_howto:
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 HOWTO do Linux kernel development
 =================================
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/designs/index.rst b/Documentation/sound/designs/index.rst
index 6b825c5617fc..4ba4038187b5 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/designs/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/sound/designs/index.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
 Designs and Implementations
 ===========================
 
-- 
2.55.0