Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fs: udf: Replace GPL 2.0 boilerplate license notice with SPDX identifier

From: J Lovejoy
Date: Tue May 30 2023 - 19:17:36 EST




On 5/21/23 6:54 PM, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
The notice refers to full GPL 2.0 text on now defunct MIT FTP site [1].
Replace it with appropriate SPDX license identifier.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20020809115410/ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GPL [1]
Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/udf/balloc.c | 6 +-----
fs/udf/dir.c | 6 +-----
fs/udf/directory.c | 6 +-----
fs/udf/file.c | 6 +-----
fs/udf/ialloc.c | 6 +-----
fs/udf/inode.c | 6 +-----
fs/udf/lowlevel.c | 6 +-----
fs/udf/misc.c | 6 +-----
fs/udf/namei.c | 6 +-----
fs/udf/partition.c | 6 +-----
fs/udf/super.c | 6 +-----
fs/udf/symlink.c | 6 +-----
fs/udf/truncate.c | 6 +-----
fs/udf/unicode.c | 6 +-----
14 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/udf/balloc.c b/fs/udf/balloc.c
index 14b9db4c80f03f..ab3ffc355949dc 100644
--- a/fs/udf/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/udf/balloc.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* balloc.c
*
@@ -5,11 +6,6 @@
* Block allocation handling routines for the OSTA-UDF(tm) filesystem.
*
* COPYRIGHT
- * This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License (GPL). Copies of the GPL can be obtained from:
- * ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GPL
- * Each contributing author retains all rights to their own work.
- *
* (C) 1999-2001 Ben Fennema
* (C) 1999 Stelias Computing Inc
*
diff --git a/fs/udf/dir.c b/fs/udf/dir.c
index 212393b12c2266..f6533f93851b95 100644
--- a/fs/udf/dir.c
+++ b/fs/udf/dir.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* dir.c
*
@@ -5,11 +6,6 @@
* Directory handling routines for the OSTA-UDF(tm) filesystem.
*
* COPYRIGHT
- * This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License (GPL). Copies of the GPL can be obtained from:
- * ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GPL
- * Each contributing author retains all rights to their own work.
- *
* (C) 1998-2004 Ben Fennema
*
* HISTORY

In these first two patches you have retained the word "COPYRIGHT" but...
diff --git a/fs/udf/directory.c b/fs/udf/directory.c
index 654536d2b60976..1c775e072b2fef 100644
--- a/fs/udf/directory.c
+++ b/fs/udf/directory.c
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* directory.c
*
* PURPOSE
* Directory related functions
*
- * COPYRIGHT
- * This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License (GPL). Copies of the GPL can be obtained from:
- * ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GPL
- * Each contributing author retains all rights to their own work.
*/
#include "udfdecl.h"
In this patch (as well as the last one below), you have removed the word "COPYRIGHT" - I'm not sure having that word or not makes any meaningful difference (I'd lean toward removing), but either way, I think it should be consistent

diff --git a/fs/udf/file.c b/fs/udf/file.c
index 8238f742377bab..b871b85457e5bb 100644
--- a/fs/udf/file.c
+++ b/fs/udf/file.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* file.c
*
@@ -5,11 +6,6 @@
* File handling routines for the OSTA-UDF(tm) filesystem.
*
* COPYRIGHT
- * This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License (GPL). Copies of the GPL can be obtained from:
- * ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GPL
- * Each contributing author retains all rights to their own work.
- *
* (C) 1998-1999 Dave Boynton
* (C) 1998-2004 Ben Fennema
* (C) 1999-2000 Stelias Computing Inc
diff --git a/fs/udf/ialloc.c b/fs/udf/ialloc.c
index 8d50121778a57d..5f7ac8c8479873 100644
--- a/fs/udf/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/udf/ialloc.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* ialloc.c
*
@@ -5,11 +6,6 @@
* Inode allocation handling routines for the OSTA-UDF(tm) filesystem.
*
* COPYRIGHT
- * This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License (GPL). Copies of the GPL can be obtained from:
- * ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GPL
- * Each contributing author retains all rights to their own work.
- *
* (C) 1998-2001 Ben Fennema
*
* HISTORY
diff --git a/fs/udf/inode.c b/fs/udf/inode.c
index 1e71e04ae8f6b9..28cdfc57d946e3 100644
--- a/fs/udf/inode.c
+++ b/fs/udf/inode.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* inode.c
*
@@ -5,11 +6,6 @@
* Inode handling routines for the OSTA-UDF(tm) filesystem.
*
* COPYRIGHT
- * This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License (GPL). Copies of the GPL can be obtained from:
- * ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GPL
- * Each contributing author retains all rights to their own work.
- *
* (C) 1998 Dave Boynton
* (C) 1998-2004 Ben Fennema
* (C) 1999-2000 Stelias Computing Inc
diff --git a/fs/udf/lowlevel.c b/fs/udf/lowlevel.c
index c87ed942d07653..9d847a7a0905dd 100644
--- a/fs/udf/lowlevel.c
+++ b/fs/udf/lowlevel.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* lowlevel.c
*
@@ -5,11 +6,6 @@
* Low Level Device Routines for the UDF filesystem
*
* COPYRIGHT
- * This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License (GPL). Copies of the GPL can be obtained from:
- * ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GPL
- * Each contributing author retains all rights to their own work.
- *
* (C) 1999-2001 Ben Fennema
*
* HISTORY
diff --git a/fs/udf/misc.c b/fs/udf/misc.c
index 3777468d06ce58..0788593b6a1d8b 100644
--- a/fs/udf/misc.c
+++ b/fs/udf/misc.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* misc.c
*
@@ -5,11 +6,6 @@
* Miscellaneous routines for the OSTA-UDF(tm) filesystem.
*
* COPYRIGHT
- * This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License (GPL). Copies of the GPL can be obtained from:
- * ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GPL
- * Each contributing author retains all rights to their own work.
- *
* (C) 1998 Dave Boynton
* (C) 1998-2004 Ben Fennema
* (C) 1999-2000 Stelias Computing Inc
diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index fd20423d3ed24c..49e1e0fe3feeb2 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* namei.c
*
@@ -5,11 +6,6 @@
* Inode name handling routines for the OSTA-UDF(tm) filesystem.
*
* COPYRIGHT
- * This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License (GPL). Copies of the GPL can be obtained from:
- * ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GPL
- * Each contributing author retains all rights to their own work.
- *
* (C) 1998-2004 Ben Fennema
* (C) 1999-2000 Stelias Computing Inc
*
diff --git a/fs/udf/partition.c b/fs/udf/partition.c
index 5bcfe78d5cabe9..af877991edc13a 100644
--- a/fs/udf/partition.c
+++ b/fs/udf/partition.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* partition.c
*
@@ -5,11 +6,6 @@
* Partition handling routines for the OSTA-UDF(tm) filesystem.
*
* COPYRIGHT
- * This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License (GPL). Copies of the GPL can be obtained from:
- * ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GPL
- * Each contributing author retains all rights to their own work.
- *
* (C) 1998-2001 Ben Fennema
*
* HISTORY
diff --git a/fs/udf/super.c b/fs/udf/super.c
index 6304e3c5c3d969..928a04d9d9e0ad 100644
--- a/fs/udf/super.c
+++ b/fs/udf/super.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* super.c
*
@@ -15,11 +16,6 @@
* https://www.iso.org/
*
* COPYRIGHT
- * This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License (GPL). Copies of the GPL can be obtained from:
- * ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GPL
- * Each contributing author retains all rights to their own work.
- *
* (C) 1998 Dave Boynton
* (C) 1998-2004 Ben Fennema
* (C) 2000 Stelias Computing Inc
diff --git a/fs/udf/symlink.c b/fs/udf/symlink.c
index a34c8c4e6d2109..779b5c2c75f61e 100644
--- a/fs/udf/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/udf/symlink.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* symlink.c
*
@@ -5,11 +6,6 @@
* Symlink handling routines for the OSTA-UDF(tm) filesystem.
*
* COPYRIGHT
- * This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License (GPL). Copies of the GPL can be obtained from:
- * ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GPL
- * Each contributing author retains all rights to their own work.
- *
* (C) 1998-2001 Ben Fennema
* (C) 1999 Stelias Computing Inc
*
diff --git a/fs/udf/truncate.c b/fs/udf/truncate.c
index 2e7ba234bab8b8..a686c10fd709d1 100644
--- a/fs/udf/truncate.c
+++ b/fs/udf/truncate.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* truncate.c
*
@@ -5,11 +6,6 @@
* Truncate handling routines for the OSTA-UDF(tm) filesystem.
*
* COPYRIGHT
- * This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License (GPL). Copies of the GPL can be obtained from:
- * ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GPL
- * Each contributing author retains all rights to their own work.
- *
* (C) 1999-2004 Ben Fennema
* (C) 1999 Stelias Computing Inc
*
diff --git a/fs/udf/unicode.c b/fs/udf/unicode.c
index 622569007b530b..ae6e809fa3aac7 100644
--- a/fs/udf/unicode.c
+++ b/fs/udf/unicode.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* unicode.c
*
@@ -11,11 +12,6 @@
* UTF-8 is explained in the IETF RFC XXXX.
* ftp://ftp.internic.net/rfc/rfcxxxx.txt
*
- * COPYRIGHT
- * This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License (GPL). Copies of the GPL can be obtained from:
- * ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GPL
- * Each contributing author retains all rights to their own work.
*/
#include "udfdecl.h"