Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] pmdinfogen: add SPDX license tag

[Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>]

On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 12:54:35PM +0530, Hemant Agrawal wrote:
> This patch adds SPDX license tag to pmdinfogen files.
> 
> These files are originally drived from kernel.
> They are being used as binary tool to support internal
> build.
> 
> This patch requires license exception approval from
> DPDK Technical Board and Governing Board.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>
> ---
>  buildtools/pmdinfogen/pmdinfogen.c | 7 ++-----
>  buildtools/pmdinfogen/pmdinfogen.h | 8 ++------
>  license/exceptions.txt             | 4 +++-
>  3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/buildtools/pmdinfogen/pmdinfogen.c b/buildtools/pmdinfogen/pmdinfogen.c
> index dc0b6d5ff..a68d1ea99 100644
> --- a/buildtools/pmdinfogen/pmdinfogen.c
> +++ b/buildtools/pmdinfogen/pmdinfogen.c
> @@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
> -/* Postprocess pmd object files to export hw support
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> + * Postprocess pmd object files to export hw support
>   *
>   * Copyright 2016 Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
>   * Based in part on modpost.c from the linux kernel
> - *
> - * This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
> - * of the GNU General Public License V2, incorporated herein by reference.
> - *
>   */
>  
>  #include <stdio.h>
> diff --git a/buildtools/pmdinfogen/pmdinfogen.h b/buildtools/pmdinfogen/pmdinfogen.h
> index c8a9e2136..e6ba54535 100644
> --- a/buildtools/pmdinfogen/pmdinfogen.h
> +++ b/buildtools/pmdinfogen/pmdinfogen.h
> @@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
> -
> -/* Postprocess pmd object files to export hw support
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> + * Postprocess pmd object files to export hw support
>   *
>   * Copyright 2016 Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
>   * Based in part on modpost.c from the linux kernel
> - *
> - * This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
> - * of the GNU General Public License V2, incorporated herein by reference.
> - *
>   */
>  
>  #include <stdio.h>
> diff --git a/license/exceptions.txt b/license/exceptions.txt
> index f1cfa462f..9443dfc63 100644
> --- a/license/exceptions.txt
> +++ b/license/exceptions.txt
> @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Note that following licenses are not exceptions:-
>  -----------------------------------------------------------------
>  SPDX Identifier     TB Approval Date  GB Approval Date  File name
>  -----------------------------------------------------------------
> -1.
> +1.GPL-2.0	TBD	 TBD		buildtools/pmdinfogen/pmdinfogen.c
> +1.GPL-2.0	TBD	 TBD		buildtools/pmdinfogen/pmdinfogen.h
> +
>  
>  -----------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 
> 
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>