linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] watchdog: convert remaining drivers to use SPDX license identifier

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Date:   Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:16:53 -0400
From:   Sylvain Lemieux <slemieux.tyco@...il.com>
To:     Jerry.Hoemann@....com
Cc:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@...ia.com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        Wan ZongShun <mcuos.com@...il.com>,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        David Brown <david.brown@...aro.org>,
        linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "moderated list:ARM PORT" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "moderated list:ARM/Mediatek SoC..." 
        <linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org>, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: convert remaining drivers to use SPDX license identifier

On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 1:07 PM Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@....com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 09:28:46AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > This gets rid of the unnecessary license boilerplate, and avoids
> > having to deal with individual patches one by one.
> >
> > No functional changes.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> > ---
> > Note: Several drivers include a paragraph such as
> >
> > "Neither <name> nor <company> admit liability nor
> >  provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
> >  provided "AS-IS" and at no charge."
> >
> > Presumably this is covered by the GPL license. However, since I am not
> > an attorney, I am not sure, and I opted for leaving such paragraphs in
> > place.
> >
[...]
> >  drivers/watchdog/pnx4008_wdt.c         |  5 +----
[...]
> >  51 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 336 deletions(-)
> >
[...]
For pnx4008_wdt.c:

Acked-by: Sylvain Lemieux <slemieux.tyco@...il.com>