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

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Date:   Sun, 23 Jun 2019 08:58:03 +0900
From:   William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@....com>,
        Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@...ia.com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.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 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/ebc-c384_wdt.c        |  9 ---------
[...]
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c
> index c176f59fea28..8ef4b0df3855 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c
> @@ -2,15 +2,6 @@
>  /*
>   * Watchdog timer driver for the WinSystems EBC-C384
>   * Copyright (C) 2016 William Breathitt Gray
> - *
> - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> - * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as
> - * published by the Free Software Foundation.
> - *
> - * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> - * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> - * General Public License for more details.
>   */
>  #include <linux/device.h>
>  #include <linux/dmi.h>

Acked-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>