Re: [PATCH v2] ALSA: opl4: Add SPDX id lines to files in opl4 driver

On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 6:23=E2=80=AFPM Tim Bird <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Add a license file for the BSD-Source-Code license variant.
> Add "SPDX-License-Identifier GPL-2.0-or-later OR BSD-Source-Code"
> to files using this license and the 'Alternatively...' language.
> Remove the boilerplate text from the files.

[. . .]
> +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 are m=
et:
> +
> + - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice=
,
> +   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer,
> +   without modification.
> +
> + - The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
> +   derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
> +
> +THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
> +ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
> +IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPO=
SE
> +ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE F=
OR
> +ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
> +DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
> +OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
> +HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRI=
CT
> +LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WA=
Y
> +OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
> +SUCH DAMAGE.

This isn't (at least not currently) `BSD-Source-Code`. See:
https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-Source-Code.html
and https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/blob/main/src/BSD-Source-Code.=
xml

Richard