Re: [PATCH for-rc] uapi: Fix SPDX tags for files referring to the 'OpenIB.org' license

From: David Miller
Date: Sun Apr 22 2018 - 21:08:32 EST


From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 09:49:10 -0600

> Based on discussion with Kate Stewart this license is not a
> BSD-2-Clause, but is now formally identified as Linux-OpenIB
> by SPDX.
>
> The key difference between the licenses is in the 'warranty'
> paragraph.
>
> if_infiniband.h refers to the 'OpenIB.org' license, but
> does not include the text, instead it links to an obsolete
> web site that contains a license that matches the BSD-2-Clause
> SPX. There is no 'three clause' version of the OpenIB.org
> license.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>