Re: [PATCH 05/12] include/hw: replace FSF postal address with licenses URL

[Cédric Le Goater]

On 6/16/25 09:13, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 14, 2025 at 07:29:09AM +0200, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
> > Hello Sean,
> >
> > On 6/13/25 18:44, Sean Wei wrote:
> > > Some of the GPLv2 boiler-plate still contained the
> > > obsolete "51 Franklin Street" postal address.
> > >
> > > Replace it with the canonical GNU licenses URL recommended by the FSF:
> > > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Sean Wei <me@sean.taipei>
> >
> > Instead,  I would remove the license boiler plate and add :
> >
> >    SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
>
> This is *NOT* something we are doing for existing code sources,
> unless the person removing it is the exclusive copyright
> holder on the file.
Ah. So I misunderstood.

How is license boiler plate different from the SPDX identifier tag ?

Thanks,

C.