linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:51:30 -0400
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated

Make it clear in the directory name that these are not intended for new
code.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
---
 Documentation/process/license-rules.rst     | 8 ++++----
 LICENSES/{other => deprecated}/GPL-1.0      | 0
 LICENSES/{other => deprecated}/ISC          | 0
 LICENSES/{other => deprecated}/Linux-OpenIB | 0
 LICENSES/{other => deprecated}/X11          | 0
 5 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 rename LICENSES/{other => deprecated}/GPL-1.0 (100%)
 rename LICENSES/{other => deprecated}/ISC (100%)
 rename LICENSES/{other => deprecated}/Linux-OpenIB (100%)
 rename LICENSES/{other => deprecated}/X11 (100%)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
index 507b695fa9da..2ef44ada3f11 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
@@ -234,13 +234,13 @@ kernel, can be broken down into:
 
 |
 
-2. Not recommended licenses:
+2. Deprecated licenses:
 
    These licenses should only be used for existing code or for importing
    code from a different project.  These licenses are available from the
    directory::
 
-      LICENSES/other/
+      LICENSES/deprecated/
 
    in the kernel source tree.
 
@@ -250,12 +250,12 @@ kernel, can be broken down into:
 
    Examples::
 
-      LICENSES/other/ISC
+      LICENSES/deprecated/ISC
 
    Contains the Internet Systems Consortium license text and the required
    metatags::
 
-      LICENSES/other/GPL-1.0
+      LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0
 
    Contains the GPL version 1 license text and the required metatags.
 
diff --git a/LICENSES/other/GPL-1.0 b/LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSES/other/GPL-1.0
rename to LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0
diff --git a/LICENSES/other/ISC b/LICENSES/deprecated/ISC
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSES/other/ISC
rename to LICENSES/deprecated/ISC
diff --git a/LICENSES/other/Linux-OpenIB b/LICENSES/deprecated/Linux-OpenIB
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSES/other/Linux-OpenIB
rename to LICENSES/deprecated/Linux-OpenIB
diff --git a/LICENSES/other/X11 b/LICENSES/deprecated/X11
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSES/other/X11
rename to LICENSES/deprecated/X11
-- 
2.20.1