linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] powerpc: Replace GPL 2.0+ README.legal boilerplate with SPDX

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Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2023 12:12:57 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Greg Ungerer <gerg@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-spdx@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] powerpc: Replace GPL 2.0+ README.legal
 boilerplate with SPDX

Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> writes:
> Upstream Linux never had a "README.legal" file, but it was present
> in early source releases of Linux/m68k.  It contained a simple copyright
> notice and a link to a version of the "COPYING" file that predated the
> addition of the "only valid GPL version is v2" clause.
>
> Get rid of the references to non-existent files by replacing the
> boilerplate with SPDX license identifiers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

LGTM.

Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au> (powerpc)

cheers