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    SubjectRe: WTF? Re: [PATCH] License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license
    On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 06:46:58PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
    > > Given that it had no license text on it at all, it "defaults" to GPLv2,
    > > so the GPLv2 SPDX identifier was added to it.
    > >
    > > No copyright was changed, nothing at all happened except we explicitly
    > > list the license of the file, instead of it being "implicit" before.
    >
    > Well if Christoph owns the copyright (if there is one) and he has stated
    > he believes it is too trivial to copyright then it needs an SPDX tag that
    > indicates the rightsholder has stated it's too trivial to copyright and
    > (by estoppel) revoked any right they might have to pursue a claim.

    If Cristoph has revoked any right to pursue a claim, then he's also
    legally given up the right to complain if, say, Bradley Kuhn starting
    distributing a version with a GPLv3 permission statement --- or if Greg
    K-H adds a GPLv2 SPDX identifier. :-)

    - Ted

    > I'm sure there's a correct SPDX tag for that ;-)
    >
    > Alan

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