linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] kernel: add SPDX-License-Identifier lines

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:41:54 +0000
From: "Bird, Tim" <Tim.Bird@...y.com>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
        "karim@...rsys.com"
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        "perterz@...radead.org"
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Subject: RE: [PATCH] kernel: add SPDX-License-Identifier lines

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> Actually, all my kernel licenses were intended "GPL v2 or any later version".
>
OK - good to know.  I'll note that for future SPDX work.
 
> Sorry if that makes trouble for your licensing theater group!

No problem.  Trying to capture original intent is why I include original
authors on the SDPX patch emails.

Thanks.   There should be a v2 soon reflecting this change.
 -- Tim

> 
> Tim Bird <tim.bird@...y.com> writes:
> > Add SPDX-License-Identifier lines to some old kernel
> > files.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tim Bird <tim.bird@...y.com>
> > ---
> >  kernel/cpu.c   | 3 +--
> >  kernel/relay.c | 3 +--
> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
> > index 8df2d773fe3b..5185c0be847a 100644
> > --- a/kernel/cpu.c
> > +++ b/kernel/cpu.c
> > @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> >  /* CPU control.
> >   * (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Rusty Russell
> > - *
> > - * This code is licenced under the GPL.
> >   */
> >  #include <linux/sched/mm.h>
> >  #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
> > diff --git a/kernel/relay.c b/kernel/relay.c
> > index e36f6b926f7f..6ed6bc929bf9 100644
> > --- a/kernel/relay.c
> > +++ b/kernel/relay.c
> > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> >  /*
> >   * Public API and common code for kernel->userspace relay file support.
> >   *
> > @@ -9,8 +10,6 @@
> >   * Moved to kernel/relay.c by Paul Mundt, 2006.
> >   * November 2006 - CPU hotplug support by Mathieu Desnoyers
> >   * 	(mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca)
> > - *
> > - * This file is released under the GPL.
> >   */
> >  #include <linux/errno.h>
> >  #include <linux/stddef.h>
> > --
> > 2.43.0