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staging: mt29f_spinand: add SPDX identifiers

PATCH In review Michael Straube 2 participants 2 messages Dec 23, 2018 – Jan 4, 2019

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PATCH 1/1 staging: mt29f_spinand: add SPDX identifiers

This satisfies a checkpatch warning and is the preferred method for notating the license.

The SPDX identifier is a legally binding shorthand, which can be used instead of the full boiler plate text.

---
 drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c | 11 +----------
 drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.h | 12 ++----------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c +1 -10
index def8a1f57d1c..8630f7012957 100644
@@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2003-2013 Broadcom Corporation
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Micron Technology, Inc.
- *
- * 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 Free Software Foundation; either version 2
- * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.h +2 -10
index 457dc7ffdaf1..38837cc6421c 100644
@@ -1,17 +1,9 @@
-/*-
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
  * Copyright 2013 Broadcom Corporation
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Micron Technology, Inc.
  *
- * This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
- * License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
- * may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
  * Henry Pan <[email protected]>
  *
  * based on nand.h
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Quoted 11 lines · Michael Straube

This satisfies a checkpatch warning and is the preferred method for notating the license.

The SPDX identifier is a legally binding shorthand, which can be used instead of the full boiler plate text.

---
 drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c | 11 +----------
 drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.h | 12 ++----------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

This driver is no longer in the kernel tree :(