linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] headers: Remove some left-over license text in include/uapi/linux/hsi/

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Message-ID: <Y3M2UxC+vpf9cgyU@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 15 Nov 2022 07:48:51 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@...labora.com>
Cc:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kai Vehmanen <kai.vehmanen@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] headers: Remove some left-over license text in
 include/uapi/linux/hsi/

On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 10:01:55PM +0100, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 01:56:59PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> > Remove some left-over from commit e2be04c7f995 ("License cleanup: add SPDX
> > license identifier to uapi header files with a license")
> > 
> > When the SPDX-License-Identifier tag has been added, the corresponding
> > license text has not been removed.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> > ---
> 
> IIRC that was intentional, since the plan was to seek for an
> explicit Ack from the copyright holder when removing the text.

Did that ever happen?

> I've added Greg for clarification and hopefully the latest
> mail address from Kai and Peter.

It's fine to remove license "boilerplate" text like this, especially
when it is wrong (hint, is the FSF's address correct?).

thanks,

greg k-h