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

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Message-ID: <875x8yw4n6.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:00:37 +1030
From: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To: Tim Bird <tim.bird@...y.com>, karim@...rsys.com,
 akpm@...uxfoundation.org, tglx@...nel.org
Cc: tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com, kernelxing@...cent.com,
 perterz@...radead.org, linux-spdx@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tim Bird <tim.bird@...y.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: add SPDX-License-Identifier lines

Actually, all my kernel licenses were intended "GPL v2 or any later version".

Sorry if that makes trouble for your licensing theater group!

Cheers,
Rusty.

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