linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] ARM: mvebu: add SPDX license identifier

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Date:   Mon, 15 Apr 2019 01:22:32 +0200
From:   Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@...r.at>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>,
        Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ARM: mvebu: add SPDX license identifier

On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 06:22:10PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 06:49:51AM +0200, Nicholas Mc Guire wrote:
> > The license is clearly identified as GPL V2 - so just add in the
> > appropriate SPDX license identifier.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
> 
> Hi Nicholas
> 
> Adding a SPDX line makes the license text redundant, so you should
> remove it in the same patch as adding the SPDX line.
>
So remove that first line from this paragraph

 * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
 * License version 2.  This program is licensed "as is" without any
 * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.

reducing it to:

 * This program is licensed "as is" without any warranty of any kind,
 * whether express or implied.

Is that what you are proposing ?

The GPL does state that there is no warranty but using a different 
wording that may not be legally equivalent.

thx!
hofrat