> -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Fontana <[email protected]> > On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 6:42 PM Tim Bird <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Add an SPDX-License-Identifier line to sound/usb/midi.c > > Use 'BSD-Source-Code' as part of the OR for the > > license id. > > > > > - * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > > - * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions > > - * are met: > > - * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright > > - * notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer, > > - * without modification. > > - * 2. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products > > - * derived from this software without specific prior written permission. > > - * > > - * Alternatively, this software may be distributed and/or modified 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 SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND > > - * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE > > - * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR > > PURPOSE > > - * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE > > FOR > > - * ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL > > - * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS > > - * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) > > - * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, > > STRICT > > - * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY > > WAY > > - * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF > > - * SUCH DAMAGE. > > This isn't `BSD-Source-Code`.
What difference do you think is important? I know there are some textual differences, but I believe that this text is semantically equivalent to BSD-Source-Code. It matches exactly with the license file that I added to the kernel in this same patch. If you're referring to the 4th sentence, that's not part of the BSD-Source-Code license, and is reflected in the other side of the 'OR' clause in the SDPX ID I assigned to this file. 'GPL-2.0-or-later OR BSD-Source-Code' -- Tim
