Re: [PATCH] staging: mt29f_spinand: add SPDX identifiers

[Greg KH]

On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 10:57:02AM +0100, Michael Straube wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Straube 
> ---
>  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 :(

[PATCH] staging: mt29f_spinand: add SPDX identifiers

[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.

Signed-off-by: Michael Straube 
---
 drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c | 11 +--
 drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.h | 12 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c 
b/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c
index def8a1f57d1c..8630f7012957 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c
@@ -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 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.h 
b/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.h
index 457dc7ffdaf1..38837cc6421c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.h
@@ -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 
  *
  * based on nand.h
-- 
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