Re: [EXT] [PATCH 3/5] net/qlcnic: Convert to SPDX license identifiers

From: Igor Russkikh
Date: Wed Sep 09 2020 - 03:52:45 EST



> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> All files in this driver directory contain the following notice:
>
> See LICENSE.qlcnic for copyright and licensing details.
>
> LICENSE.qlacnic can be found in
> Documentation/networking/device_drivers/qlogic/. The file contains:
>
> - A copyright notice
>
> This copyright notice is redundant as all files contain the same
> copyright notice already
>
> - A license notice
>
> You may modify and redistribute the device driver code under the
> GNU General Public License (a copy of which is attached hereto as
> Exhibit A) published by the Free Software Foundation (version 2).
>
> This can be replaced with the corresponding SPDX license identifier
> (GPL-2.0-only) in the source files which reference this license
> file.
>
> - The full GPLv2 license text
>
> A redundant copy of LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0
>
> Remove the notices and add the SPDX license identifier GPL-2.0-only to the
> source files.
>
> Finally remove the now redundant LICENSE.qlcnic file.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Richard Fontana <rfontana@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Jilayne Lovejoy <opensource@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Alexios Zavras <alexios.zavras@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Igor Russkikh <irusskikh@xxxxxxxxxxx>


Thanks,
Igor