Re: [Batch 1 - patch 25/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - gpl-2.0_409.RULE

On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 3:59 PM Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Folks!
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> Based on the normalized pattern:
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>     this program is free software you can redistribute it and/or modify it
>     under the terms of the gnu general public license version 2 as
>     published by the free software foundation  the software is provided as
>     is without warranty of any kind express or implied including but not
>     limited to the warranties of merchantability fitness for a particular
>     purpose and noninfringement of third party rights in no event shall
>     the copyright holder(s) and author(s) be liable for any claim or any
>     special indirect or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever
>     resulting from loss of use data or profits whether in an action of
>     contract negligence or other tortious action arising out of or in
>     connection with the use or performance of this software  all liability
>     including liability for infringement of any patents copyrights
>     trademarks or other rights relating to use of this software is
>     disclaimed

Another example of a possibly-significant deviation from the GPLv2
disclaimer language.

Richard