From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (pdx-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.123]) by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FC51C433EF for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2018 05:48:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CF4B208D7 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2018 05:48:39 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="x6dCoX7r" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 3CF4B208D7 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752785AbeFNFsh (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2018 01:48:37 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:44876 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752420AbeFNFsg (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2018 01:48:36 -0400 Received: from localhost (LFbn-1-12247-202.w90-92.abo.wanadoo.fr [90.92.61.202]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A5161208D9; Thu, 14 Jun 2018 05:48:34 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1528955315; bh=ezhW/aZBdzhqnLyDoKRpiwmqUPxNP6GGIOzqO/l84d8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=x6dCoX7rzn7YZwq/n1ReX+Z+Rc1NTrA8zEBPEpbMxCLWfwxPTCsWYw5E0ALH2EUai ficog9EgkW+n1KySUojiOi5ZCsOAhAjtyuL2ttuTgGXHeXb01ykzagZd5uS3Im+g6P +Fj9TJxvKcKFAsI9BJ5QoI27D1gwdB0cg9gqjHqE= Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 07:48:12 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Nadav Amit Cc: Xavier Deguillard , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] vmw_balloon: update copyright message Message-ID: <20180614054812.GA31336@kroah.com> References: <20180613135412.81660-1-namit@vmware.com> <20180613135412.81660-7-namit@vmware.com> <20180614052413.GB29739@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.0 (2018-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 05:33:46AM +0000, Nadav Amit wrote: > at 10:24 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 06:54:11AM -0700, Nadav Amit wrote: > >> Removing the paragraph about writing to the Free Software Foundation's > >> mailing address from the sample GPL notice according to checkpatch > >> request. > >> > >> In addition, updating the year and adding a license tag. > >> > >> Reviewed-by: Xavier Deguillard > >> Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit > >> --- > >> drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 7 ++----- > >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > >> > >> diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c > >> index 400a1ccefc8e..b982059ce7b7 100644 > >> --- a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c > >> +++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c > >> @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ > >> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > >> /* > >> * VMware Balloon driver. > >> * > >> - * Copyright (C) 2000-2014, VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved. > >> + * Copyright (C) 2000-2018, VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved. > >> * > >> * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it > >> * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the > >> @@ -13,10 +14,6 @@ > >> * NON INFRINGEMENT. See the GNU General Public License for more > >> * details. > > > > You still have a lot of boiler-plate text in here that can be removed. > > Please do so. > > I will remove the maintainers, since it is really unsuitable. > > But what else do you want me to remove? This is a standard GPL license. If I > am required to remove the GPL license, I will have to run checks to ensure > it is appropriate. Yes, all of the license text should be removed. Right now we have 700+ differnt wordings of "This file is released under the GPL" in the kernel tree, and we need to clean that up. Look at all of the other SPDX cleanups we have done already to get an idea of what is needed here. As one example, look at 0c3b34a569f8 ("USB: typec: Remove remaining redundant license text") which can be done after the correct SPDX line is in the file. That's the end-goal for all kernel files. thanks, greg k-h