[edk2-devel] [PATCH v2 5/7] ArmPkg/ArmSoftFloatLib: add SPDX identifiers

[Leif Lindholm]

On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 01:28:21PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > > diff --git a/ArmPkg/Library/ArmSoftFloatLib/SoftFloat-3e/build/Linux-ARM-VFPv2-GCC/platform.h b/ArmPkg/Library/ArmSoftFloatLib/SoftFloat-3e/build/Linux-ARM-VFPv2-GCC/platform.h
> > > index 18ed054d4f4d..2a750e4f540e 100644
> > > --- a/ArmPkg/Library/ArmSoftFloatLib/SoftFloat-3e/build/Linux-ARM-VFPv2-GCC/platform.h
> > > +++ b/ArmPkg/Library/ArmSoftFloatLib/SoftFloat-3e/build/Linux-ARM-VFPv2-GCC/platform.h
> > > @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
> > >
> > >  /*============================================================================
> > > +SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> > >
> > >  This C header file is part of the SoftFloat IEEE Floating-Point Arithmetic
> > >  Package, Release 3e, by John R. Hauser.
> >
> > We generally replace the original license text with the SPDX identifier.
> > But, I guess we can do that later here.
> 
> No, we can't. The license does not actuall permit that ...

I agree.

The named entity in the non-endorsement clause of BSD-3 means it
*cannot* be replaced by SPDX identifier.

Only a project that used the text in
https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html verbatim could.

/
    Leif

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