linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib/crc32: add SPDX license identifier

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <2025051423-gallstone-carpentry-1c5a@gregkh>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 09:39:33 +0200
From: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, linux-spdx@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/crc32: add SPDX license identifier

On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 11:14:25PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 08:11:40AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Tue, May 13 2025 at 22:24, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > 
> > > From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> > >
> > > lib/crc32.c and include/linux/crc32.h got missed by the bulk SPDX
> > > conversion because of the nonstandard explanation of the license.
> > > However, crc32.c clearly states that it's licensed under the GNU General
> > > Public License, Version 2.  And the comment in crc32.h clearly indicates
> > > that it's meant to have the same license as crc32.c.  Therefore, apply
> > > SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only to both files.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> I forgot to mention: I'm planning to take this patch through the crc tree.

Great!

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>