linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] vmw_balloon: update copyright message

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Date:   Fri, 15 Jun 2018 16:35:18 -0400
From:   valdis.kletnieks@...edu
To:     Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Xavier Deguillard <xdeguillard@...are.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] vmw_balloon: update copyright message

On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 05:33:46 -0000, Nadav Amit said:

> >> In addition, updating the year and adding a license tag.

> >> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

> > You still have a lot of boiler-plate text in here that can be removed.
> > Please do so.

> But what else do you want me to remove? This is a standard GPL license. If I
> am required to remove the GPL license, I will have to run checks to ensure
> it is appropriate.

You mean the checks that you should have done when you stuck the SPDX
tag on the file?

(Hint: Think of the SPDX tag as a '#include gplv2.license.blurb" :)

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