Re: [PATCH] sound: drivers: opl4: Add SPDX id lines to files

On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 4:13=E2=80=AFPM Bird, Tim <[email protected]> wrote=
:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Fontana <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2026 12:29 PM
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 2:=E2=80=8A14 PM Tim Bird <tim.=E2=80=8Abird@=
=E2=80=8Asony.=E2=80=8Acom> wrote: > > Add a license file to reflect varian=
ts of BSD licenses, with the >
> > first variant being a BSD-3-Clause license modified to > remove clause =
2 (attribution
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 2:14=E2=80=AFPM Tim Bird <[email protected]> wr=
ote:
> > >
> > > Add a license file to reflect variants of BSD licenses, with the
> > > first variant being a BSD-3-Clause license modified to
> > > remove clause 2 (attribution on binary formats).
> >
> > > diff --git a/LICENSES/deprecated/BSD-variants b/LICENSES/deprecated/B=
SD-variants
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000000..83f24d68fb87
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/LICENSES/deprecated/BSD-variants
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
> > > +Valid-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-BSD-variant1
> > > +
> > > +Description:
> > > +Here is the "no-binary-attribution" variant of a BSD license, number=
ed
> > > +here as variant1.  It is a standard BSD-3-Clause license, with the
> > > +condition removed for attribution required in binary formats.
> > > +
> > > +License-Text:
> > > +
> > > +Copyright (c) <year> <owner> . All rights reserved.
> > > +
> > > +Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> > > +modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions a=
re met:
> > > +
> > > + - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright no=
tice,
> > > +   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer,
> > > +   without modification.
> > > +
> > > + - The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote prod=
ucts
> > > +   derived from this software without specific prior written permiss=
ion.
> > > +
> > > +THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
> > > +ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TH=
E
> > > +IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR P=
URPOSE
> > > +ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIAB=
LE FOR
> > > +ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTI=
AL
> > > +DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GO=
ODS
> > > +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 AN=
Y WAY
> > > +OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY =
OF
> > > +SUCH DAMAGE.
> >
> > As far as I can tell this does not match an existing SPDX identifier,
> > though it seems to be pretty close to `BSD-Source Code`
> > https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-Source-Code.html .
> > Might be worthwhile for someone to open an issue in
> > github.com/spdx/license-list-XML to add it.
>
> Thanks very much for the info and suggestion.
>
> I looked and didn't find an existing SDPX id, so I ended up using a
> LicenseRef-...  ID, which is not ideal. It would be better if there were
> an existing ID I could use.  I agree that BSD-Source-Code is a close matc=
h.
>
> I did a cursory check, and found that this style of BSD variant is sprink=
led
> around in other kernel files as well (at least 10 more confirmed, and may=
be
> up to 50 based on grepping without closer review, yet).  So this BSD vari=
ant
> seems to have been popular at some point.
>
> There are a few (minor?) wording changes between the different versions,
> mostly having to do with naming the author or organization to exempt
> from endorsing the product.  I'm not sure if legally it matters if the ex=
act
> entity to exempt is named or not, or if "AUTHOR", "ORGANIZATION" or
> "CONTRIBUTORS" is sufficient.

I submitted: https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/2940

Richard