Hello, I'll be working on replacing the license text in LGPL licensed files with the SPDX identifier tag and will submit it as a separate patch.
*On 08/10/2020 09.54, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: * *> --- > * * >Also, if you use a script to do that cleanup, it would be >useful to include it in the commit description.* Sure, I'll be including the commands/script I use. Chetan On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 1:27 PM Thomas Huth <th...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 08/10/2020 09.54, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On 10/8/20 8:05 AM, Chetan Pant wrote: > >> There is no "version 2" of the "Lesser" General Public License. It is > >> either "GPL version 2.0" or "LGPL version 2.1". This patch replaces all > >> occurrences of "LGPL version 2" with "LGPL version 2.1" in comment > section. > > > > This looks like a good cleanup! > > > > Since you already listed all the files using this license, > > it can be a good opportunity to correct and use the full > > license text (which is miswritten in various places): > > > > --- > > > > Copyright (C) <year> <name of author> > > > > This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it > > under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by > > the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at > > your option) any later version. > > > > This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but > > WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > > MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser > > General Public License for more details. > > > > You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License > > along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, > > Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA > > Please don't use that version. If the FSF move to another office again, we > have to update the whole mess again. > > > Or simpler, add the SPDX identifier tag: > > > > SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later > > SPDX tags would be cool, of course, but it could also be done in a separate > patch later. > > Thomas > >
