linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel: modules: Add SPDX license identifier to kmod.c

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wgZyDxoAr5kLiPF2_6YhxpdjhwwEoa2JTZG82tZ4BHFHw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:58:53 -0800
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Tim Bird <tim.bird@...y.com>
Cc: mcgrof@...nel.org, petr.pavlu@...e.com, da.gomez@...nel.org, 
	linux-spdx@...r.kernel.org, linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: modules: Add SPDX license identifier to kmod.c

On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 at 16:04, Tim Bird <tim.bird@...y.com> wrote:
>
> kmod.c was originally introduced in the kernel in February
> of 1998 by Linus Torvalds - who was familiar with kernel
> licensing at the time this was introduced.

Lol.

Applied.

               Linus