linux-kernel - Re: Concern about arch/alpha/kernel/smc37c669.c

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Date:   Thu, 15 Jul 2021 23:28:33 -0700
From:   Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>
To:     He Zhe <zhe.he@...driver.com>
Cc:     Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
        Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
        linux-alpha <linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Concern about arch/alpha/kernel/smc37c669.c

On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 1:31 AM He Zhe <zhe.he@...driver.com> wrote:
>
> Hello maintainers,
>
> There is no "SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0" in arch/alpha/kernel/smc37c669.c
> and the following copyright is found.
> "
> Copyright (C) 1997 by
> Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts.
> All rights reserved.
> "
>
> Does this conflict with GPLv2? Anything else we need to know when using this as opensource software?

Unless you're using a DEC Alpha CPU, you're not using this code.