Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Apr 2019 01:22:32 +0200 | From | Nicholas Mc Guire <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] ARM: mvebu: add SPDX license identifier |
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On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 06:22:10PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote: > On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 06:49:51AM +0200, Nicholas Mc Guire wrote: > > The license is clearly identified as GPL V2 - so just add in the > > appropriate SPDX license identifier. > > > > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@osadl.org> > > Hi Nicholas > > Adding a SPDX line makes the license text redundant, so you should > remove it in the same patch as adding the SPDX line. > So remove that first line from this paragraph
* This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
reducing it to:
* This program is licensed "as is" without any warranty of any kind, * whether express or implied.
Is that what you are proposing ?
The GPL does state that there is no warranty but using a different wording that may not be legally equivalent.
thx! hofrat
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