Re: [patch 02/3] time: Add SPDX license identifiers

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Mar 19 2018 - 06:37:23 EST


On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 11:04:43AM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Update the time(r) core files files with the correct SPDX license
> identifier based on the license text in the file itself. The SPDX
> identifier is a legally binding shorthand, which can be used instead of the
> full boiler plate text.
>
> This work is based on a script and data from Philippe Ombredanne, Kate
> Stewart and myself. The data has been created with two independent license
> scanners and manual inspection.
>
> The following files do not contain any direct license information and have
> been omitted from the big initial SPDX changes:
>
> timeconst.bc: The .bc files were not touched
> time.c, timer.c, timekeeping.c: Licence was deduced from EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
>
> As those files do not contain direct license references they fall under the
> project license, i.e. GPL V2 only.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>