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

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jun 2018 07:24:13 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
Cc:     Xavier Deguillard <xdeguillard@...are.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] vmw_balloon: update copyright message

On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 06:54:11AM -0700, Nadav Amit wrote:
> Removing the paragraph about writing to the Free Software Foundation's
> mailing address from the sample GPL notice according to checkpatch
> request.
> 
> In addition, updating the year and adding a license tag.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Xavier Deguillard <xdeguillard@...are.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 7 ++-----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
> index 400a1ccefc8e..b982059ce7b7 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
> @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>  /*
>   * VMware Balloon driver.
>   *
> - * Copyright (C) 2000-2014, VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
> + * Copyright (C) 2000-2018, VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
>   *
>   * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
>   * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
> @@ -13,10 +14,6 @@
>   * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
>   * details.

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

thanks,

greg k-h