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

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Message-ID: <09965bd4-d95c-b415-5ef1-25b799e6022b@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 Jun 2019 14:04:40 +0200
From:   Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>
Cc:     William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>,
        Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@....com>,
        Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@...ia.com>,
        Wan ZongShun <mcuos.com@...il.com>,
        Sylvain Lemieux <slemieux.tyco@...il.com>,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        David Brown <david.brown@...aro.org>,
        linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: convert remaining drivers to use SPDX license
 identifier



On 20/06/2019 18:28, 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/acquirewdt.c          |  6 +-----
>  drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c        |  6 +-----
>  drivers/watchdog/ath79_wdt.c           |  6 +-----
>  drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c         |  6 ++----
>  drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c        |  9 ---------
>  drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c         |  6 +-----
>  drivers/watchdog/ftwdt010_wdt.c        |  5 +----
>  drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c               |  6 +-----
>  drivers/watchdog/iTCO_vendor_support.c |  7 +------
>  drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c            |  6 +-----
>  drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c            |  6 +-----
>  drivers/watchdog/ie6xx_wdt.c           | 17 +----------------
>  drivers/watchdog/imgpdc_wdt.c          |  5 +----
>  drivers/watchdog/intel_scu_watchdog.c  | 19 +------------------
>  drivers/watchdog/intel_scu_watchdog.h  | 17 +----------------
>  drivers/watchdog/iop_wdt.c             | 14 +-------------
>  drivers/watchdog/kempld_wdt.c          | 10 +---------
>  drivers/watchdog/ks8695_wdt.c          |  5 +----
>  drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c          |  5 +----
>  drivers/watchdog/lpc18xx_wdt.c         |  5 +----
>  drivers/watchdog/max77620_wdt.c        |  5 +----
>  drivers/watchdog/mt7621_wdt.c          |  5 +----

for mt7621_wdt.c
Reviewed-by: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>