Messages in this thread | | | From | Nadav Amit <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] vmw_balloon: update copyright message | Date | Fri, 15 Jun 2018 20:38:57 +0000 |
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at 1:35 PM, valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 05:33:46 -0000, Nadav Amit said: > >>>> In addition, updating the year and adding a license tag. > >>>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > >>> You still have a lot of boiler-plate text in here that can be removed. >>> Please do so. > >> But what else do you want me to remove? This is a standard GPL license. If I >> am required to remove the GPL license, I will have to run checks to ensure >> it is appropriate. > > You mean the checks that you should have done when you stuck the SPDX > tag on the file? > > (Hint: Think of the SPDX tag as a '#include gplv2.license.blurb" :)
I matched the SPDX to the license we have, tut I don’t know whether my company regards an SPDX tag as a sufficient means to protect copyrights, which allows to remove all the rest of the text.
Just trying not to get fired for a stupid reason ;)
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