[PATCH 1/2] m68k: Replace GPL 2.0+ README.legal boilerplate by SPDX

Greg Ungerer gerg at linux-m68k.org
Fri Sep 8 12:09:11 AEST 2023


Hi Geert,

On 8/9/23 00:21, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Upstream Linux never had a "README.legal" file, but it was present
> in early source releases of Linux/m68k.  It contained a simple copyright
> notice and a link to a version of the "COPYING" file that predated the
> addition of the "only valid GPL version is v2" clause.
> 
> Get rid of the references to non-existant files by replacing the
> boilerplate with SPDX license identifiers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert at linux-m68k.org>
> ---
>   arch/m68k/68000/entry.S     | 7 ++-----
>   arch/m68k/bvme6000/config.c | 5 +----
>   arch/m68k/coldfire/entry.S  | 7 ++-----
>   arch/m68k/ifpsp060/Makefile | 6 ++----
>   arch/m68k/kernel/entry.S    | 7 ++-----
>   arch/m68k/kernel/head.S     | 8 ++------
>   arch/m68k/mvme147/config.c  | 5 +----
>   arch/m68k/mvme16x/config.c  | 5 +----
>   arch/m68k/q40/config.c      | 5 +----
>   9 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

Thank you for taking care of the ColdFire and 68000 ones as well!

Acked-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg at linux-m68k.org>

Regards
Greg


> diff --git a/arch/m68k/68000/entry.S b/arch/m68k/68000/entry.S
> index 7d63e2f1555a03dc..72e95663b62ffd54 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/68000/entry.S
> +++ b/arch/m68k/68000/entry.S
> @@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
> -/*
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> + *
>    *  entry.S -- non-mmu 68000 interrupt and exception entry points
>    *
>    *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992  Linus Torvalds
>    *
> - * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
> - * License.  See the file README.legal in the main directory of this archive
> - * for more details.
> - *
>    * Linux/m68k support by Hamish Macdonald
>    */
>   
> diff --git a/arch/m68k/bvme6000/config.c b/arch/m68k/bvme6000/config.c
> index e604fe6602461334..8a2ee69a09f6659c 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/bvme6000/config.c
> +++ b/arch/m68k/bvme6000/config.c
> @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
>   /*
>    *  arch/m68k/bvme6000/config.c
>    *
> @@ -8,10 +9,6 @@
>    *  linux/amiga/config.c
>    *
>    *  Copyright (C) 1993 Hamish Macdonald
> - *
> - * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
> - * License.  See the file README.legal in the main directory of this archive
> - * for more details.
>    */
>   
>   #include <linux/types.h>
> diff --git a/arch/m68k/coldfire/entry.S b/arch/m68k/coldfire/entry.S
> index 35104c5417ff4d07..4ea08336e2fb0aae 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/coldfire/entry.S
> +++ b/arch/m68k/coldfire/entry.S
> @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
> -/*
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> + *
>    *  entry.S  -- interrupt and exception processing for ColdFire
>    *
>    *  Copyright (C) 1999-2007, Greg Ungerer (gerg at snapgear.com)
> @@ -13,10 +14,6 @@
>    *
>    *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992  Linus Torvalds
>    *
> - * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
> - * License.  See the file README.legal in the main directory of this archive
> - * for more details.
> - *
>    * Linux/m68k support by Hamish Macdonald
>    *
>    * 68060 fixes by Jesper Skov
> diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/Makefile b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/Makefile
> index 56b530a96c2f33b5..00d0621f547ccb93 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/Makefile
> @@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
> -# Makefile for 680x0 Linux 68060 integer/floating point support package
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
>   #
> -# This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
> -# License.  See the file "README.legal" in the main directory of this archive
> -# for more details.
> +# Makefile for 680x0 Linux 68060 integer/floating point support package
>   
>   obj-y := fskeleton.o iskeleton.o os.o
> diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/entry.S b/arch/m68k/kernel/entry.S
> index 4dd2fd7acba9ea07..3bcdd32a6b36613d 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/kernel/entry.S
> +++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/entry.S
> @@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
> -/* -*- mode: asm -*-
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> + * -*- mode: asm -*-
>    *
>    *  linux/arch/m68k/kernel/entry.S
>    *
>    *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992  Linus Torvalds
>    *
> - * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
> - * License.  See the file README.legal in the main directory of this archive
> - * for more details.
> - *
>    * Linux/m68k support by Hamish Macdonald
>    *
>    * 68060 fixes by Jesper Skov
> diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/head.S b/arch/m68k/kernel/head.S
> index 9e812d8606be8301..852255cf60dec132 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/kernel/head.S
> +++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/head.S
> @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
> -/* -*- mode: asm -*-
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +** -*- mode: asm -*-
>   **
>   ** head.S -- This file contains the initial boot code for the
>   **	     Linux/68k kernel.
> @@ -25,11 +26,6 @@
>   **            for linux-2.1.115
>   ** 1999/02/11  Richard Zidlicky: added Q40 support (initial version 99/01/01)
>   ** 2004/05/13 Kars de Jong: Finalised HP300 support
> -**
> -** This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
> -** License. See the file README.legal in the main directory of this archive
> -** for more details.
> -**
>   */
>   
>   /*
> diff --git a/arch/m68k/mvme147/config.c b/arch/m68k/mvme147/config.c
> index 7dfacd0b207a9750..8b5dc07f0811f2fc 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/mvme147/config.c
> +++ b/arch/m68k/mvme147/config.c
> @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
>   /*
>    *  arch/m68k/mvme147/config.c
>    *
> @@ -7,10 +8,6 @@
>    * Based on:
>    *
>    *  Copyright (C) 1993 Hamish Macdonald
> - *
> - * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
> - * License.  See the file README.legal in the main directory of this archive
> - * for more details.
>    */
>   
>   #include <linux/types.h>
> diff --git a/arch/m68k/mvme16x/config.c b/arch/m68k/mvme16x/config.c
> index 9bb9a33e43c246c4..d1fbd1704d65822f 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/mvme16x/config.c
> +++ b/arch/m68k/mvme16x/config.c
> @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
>   /*
>    *  arch/m68k/mvme16x/config.c
>    *
> @@ -8,10 +9,6 @@
>    *  linux/amiga/config.c
>    *
>    *  Copyright (C) 1993 Hamish Macdonald
> - *
> - * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
> - * License.  See the file README.legal in the main directory of this archive
> - * for more details.
>    */
>   
>   #include <linux/types.h>
> diff --git a/arch/m68k/q40/config.c b/arch/m68k/q40/config.c
> index 2c51c2b4a4fbbf79..de7870ad2a30620d 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/q40/config.c
> +++ b/arch/m68k/q40/config.c
> @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
>   /*
>    *  arch/m68k/q40/config.c
>    *
> @@ -6,10 +7,6 @@
>    * originally based on:
>    *
>    *  linux/bvme/config.c
> - *
> - * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
> - * License.  See the file README.legal in the main directory of this archive
> - * for more details.
>    */
>   
>   #include <linux/errno.h>


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