linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xen: fix wrong SPDX headers of Xen related headers

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Message-ID: <4cbc2abd-fc1c-4283-48c4-42c5a3f05b71@oracle.com>
Date:   Fri, 15 Oct 2021 17:41:26 -0400
From:   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen: fix wrong SPDX headers of Xen related headers


On 10/15/21 10:33 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Commit b24413180f5600 ("License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license
> identifier to files with no license") was meant to do a tree-wide
> cleanup for files without any license information by adding a SPDX
> GPL-2.0 line to them.
>
> Unfortunately this was applied even to several Xen-related headers
> which have been originally under the MIT license, but obviously have
> been copied to the Linux tree from the Xen project without keeping the
> license boiler plate as required.
>
> Correct that by changing the license of those files back to "MIT".
>
> Some files still contain the MIT license text. Replace that by the
> related SPDX line.
>
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>


Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>