Re: [PATCH v2 34/34] next-cube: replace boiler-plate GPL 2.0 or later license text with SPDX identifier

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 11:46:20AM +0000, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk>
> ---
>  hw/m68k/next-cube.c | 5 +----
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/m68k/next-cube.c b/hw/m68k/next-cube.c
> index 1e96bb02f8..3c2f3e295c 100644
> --- a/hw/m68k/next-cube.c
> +++ b/hw/m68k/next-cube.c
> @@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
>   * Copyright (c) 2011 Bryce Lanham
>   * Copyright (c) 2024 Mark Cave-Ayland
>   *
> - * This code 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.
> + * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
>   */

While adding a SPDX-License-Identifier alongside existing header text
is acceptable, my view is that we should stay away from removing existing
license headers. There are some difficult questions wrt interpretation
of the GPL in this area & avoiding opening that can of worms would be
nice.

With regards,
Daniel
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