linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/9] crypto: aegis

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Message-ID: <20190125104746.xetes7ryqlmhya7u@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Fri, 25 Jan 2019 18:47:46 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnacek@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2/9] crypto: aegis - Cleanup license mess

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 12:14:18AM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Precise and non-ambiguous license information is important. The recently
> added aegis header file has a SPDX license identifier, which is nice, but
> at the same time it has a contradictionary license boiler plate text.
> 
>   SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> 
> versus 
> 
>   * 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 Free
>   * Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
>   * any later version
> 
> Oh well.
> 
> As the other aegis related files are licensed under the GPL v2 or later,
> it's assumed that the boiler plate code is correct, but the SPDX license
> identifier is wrong.
> 
> Fix the SPDX identifier and remove the boiler plate as it is redundant.
> 
> Fixes: f606a88e5823 ("crypto: aegis - Add generic AEGIS AEAD implementations")
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnacek@...il.com>
> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
> ---
> 
> P.S.: This patch is part of a larger cleanup, but independent of other
>       patches and is intended to be picked up by the maintainer directly.
> 
> ---
>  crypto/aegis.h |    7 +------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

Patches 2-5 applied.  Thanks.
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