linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI: Add SPDX GPL-2.0+ to replace implicit GPL v2 or later statement

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Date:   Tue, 30 Jan 2018 08:13:02 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
Cc:     Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        Sebastian Ott <sebott@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: Add SPDX GPL-2.0+ to replace implicit GPL v2 or
 later statement

On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 06:40:52PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
> 
> 7441b0627e22 ("s390/pci: PCI hotplug support via SCLP") added
> s390_pci_hpc.c, which included this license information:
> 
>   +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> 
> Based on "git show 7441b0627e22:include/linux/module.h", that "GPL" string
> means "GPL v2 or later":
> 
>    *      "GPL"                           [GNU Public License v2 or later]
> 
> 0729dcf24832 ("s390: hotplug: make pci_hpc explicitly non-modular")
> subsequently replaced the MODULE_LICENSE() with a "License: GPL" comment.
> 
> Add SPDX GPL-2.0+ and remove the "License: GPL" comment, relying on the
> assertion in b24413180f56 ("License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license
> identifier to files with no license") that the SPDX identifier may be used
> instead of the full boilerplate text.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>