linux/fs/btrfs
Greg Kroah-Hartman b24413180f License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license
Many source files in the tree are missing licensing information, which
makes it harder for compliance tools to determine the correct license.

By default all files without license information are under the default
license of the kernel, which is GPL version 2.

Update the files which contain no license information with the 'GPL-2.0'
SPDX license identifier.  The SPDX identifier is a legally binding
shorthand, which can be used instead of the full boiler plate text.

This patch is based on work done by Thomas Gleixner and Kate Stewart and
Philippe Ombredanne.

How this work was done:

Patches were generated and checked against linux-4.14-rc6 for a subset of
the use cases:
 - file had no licensing information it it.
 - file was a */uapi/* one with no licensing information in it,
 - file was a */uapi/* one with existing licensing information,

Further patches will be generated in subsequent months to fix up cases
where non-standard license headers were used, and references to license
had to be inferred by heuristics based on keywords.

The analysis to determine which SPDX License Identifier to be applied to
a file was done in a spreadsheet of side by side results from of the
output of two independent scanners (ScanCode & Windriver) producing SPDX
tag:value files created by Philippe Ombredanne.  Philippe prepared the
base worksheet, and did an initial spot review of a few 1000 files.

The 4.13 kernel was the starting point of the analysis with 60,537 files
assessed.  Kate Stewart did a file by file comparison of the scanner
results in the spreadsheet to determine which SPDX license identifier(s)
to be applied to the file. She confirmed any determination that was not
immediately clear with lawyers working with the Linux Foundation.

Criteria used to select files for SPDX license identifier tagging was:
 - Files considered eligible had to be source code files.
 - Make and config files were included as candidates if they contained >5
   lines of source
 - File already had some variant of a license header in it (even if <5
   lines).

All documentation files were explicitly excluded.

The following heuristics were used to determine which SPDX license
identifiers to apply.

 - when both scanners couldn't find any license traces, file was
   considered to have no license information in it, and the top level
   COPYING file license applied.

   For non */uapi/* files that summary was:

   SPDX license identifier                            # files
   ---------------------------------------------------|-------
   GPL-2.0                                              11139

   and resulted in the first patch in this series.

   If that file was a */uapi/* path one, it was "GPL-2.0 WITH
   Linux-syscall-note" otherwise it was "GPL-2.0".  Results of that was:

   SPDX license identifier                            # files
   ---------------------------------------------------|-------
   GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note                        930

   and resulted in the second patch in this series.

 - if a file had some form of licensing information in it, and was one
   of the */uapi/* ones, it was denoted with the Linux-syscall-note if
   any GPL family license was found in the file or had no licensing in
   it (per prior point).  Results summary:

   SPDX license identifier                            # files
   ---------------------------------------------------|------
   GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note                       270
   GPL-2.0+ WITH Linux-syscall-note                      169
   ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-2-Clause)    21
   ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause)    17
   LGPL-2.1+ WITH Linux-syscall-note                      15
   GPL-1.0+ WITH Linux-syscall-note                       14
   ((GPL-2.0+ WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause)    5
   LGPL-2.0+ WITH Linux-syscall-note                       4
   LGPL-2.1 WITH Linux-syscall-note                        3
   ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR MIT)              3
   ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) AND MIT)             1

   and that resulted in the third patch in this series.

 - when the two scanners agreed on the detected license(s), that became
   the concluded license(s).

 - when there was disagreement between the two scanners (one detected a
   license but the other didn't, or they both detected different
   licenses) a manual inspection of the file occurred.

 - In most cases a manual inspection of the information in the file
   resulted in a clear resolution of the license that should apply (and
   which scanner probably needed to revisit its heuristics).

 - When it was not immediately clear, the license identifier was
   confirmed with lawyers working with the Linux Foundation.

 - If there was any question as to the appropriate license identifier,
   the file was flagged for further research and to be revisited later
   in time.

In total, over 70 hours of logged manual review was done on the
spreadsheet to determine the SPDX license identifiers to apply to the
source files by Kate, Philippe, Thomas and, in some cases, confirmation
by lawyers working with the Linux Foundation.

Kate also obtained a third independent scan of the 4.13 code base from
FOSSology, and compared selected files where the other two scanners
disagreed against that SPDX file, to see if there was new insights.  The
Windriver scanner is based on an older version of FOSSology in part, so
they are related.

Thomas did random spot checks in about 500 files from the spreadsheets
for the uapi headers and agreed with SPDX license identifier in the
files he inspected. For the non-uapi files Thomas did random spot checks
in about 15000 files.

In initial set of patches against 4.14-rc6, 3 files were found to have
copy/paste license identifier errors, and have been fixed to reflect the
correct identifier.

Additionally Philippe spent 10 hours this week doing a detailed manual
inspection and review of the 12,461 patched files from the initial patch
version early this week with:
 - a full scancode scan run, collecting the matched texts, detected
   license ids and scores
 - reviewing anything where there was a license detected (about 500+
   files) to ensure that the applied SPDX license was correct
 - reviewing anything where there was no detection but the patch license
   was not GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note to ensure that the applied
   SPDX license was correct

This produced a worksheet with 20 files needing minor correction.  This
worksheet was then exported into 3 different .csv files for the
different types of files to be modified.

These .csv files were then reviewed by Greg.  Thomas wrote a script to
parse the csv files and add the proper SPDX tag to the file, in the
format that the file expected.  This script was further refined by Greg
based on the output to detect more types of files automatically and to
distinguish between header and source .c files (which need different
comment types.)  Finally Greg ran the script using the .csv files to
generate the patches.

Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart <kstewart@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@nexb.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
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tests btrfs: remove unused sectorsize member 2017-08-16 14:19:53 +02:00
acl.c btrfs: preserve i_mode if __btrfs_set_acl() fails 2017-08-21 17:47:42 +02:00
async-thread.c btrfs: constify tracepoint arguments 2017-08-16 14:19:53 +02:00
async-thread.h btrfs: constify tracepoint arguments 2017-08-16 14:19:53 +02:00
backref.c Btrfs: convert to use btrfs_get_extent_inline_ref_type 2017-08-21 17:47:43 +02:00
backref.h btrfs: backref, add tracepoints for prelim_ref insertion and merging 2017-08-16 16:12:01 +02:00
btrfs_inode.h btrfs: separate defrag and property compression 2017-08-16 16:12:05 +02:00
check-integrity.c Merge branch 'for-4.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux 2017-09-09 13:27:51 -07:00
check-integrity.h btrfs: take an fs_info directly when the root is not used otherwise 2016-12-06 16:06:59 +01:00
compression.c Merge branch 'for-4.14-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux 2017-09-29 12:57:35 -07:00
compression.h Merge branch 'zstd-minimal' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/linux-btrfs 2017-09-14 17:30:49 -07:00
ctree.c btrfs: get fs_info from eb in btrfs_print_leaf, remove argument 2017-08-16 16:12:03 +02:00
ctree.h Merge branch 'for-4.14-rc4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux 2017-10-06 09:03:08 -07:00
dedupe.h btrfs: expand cow_file_range() to support in-band dedup and subpage-blocksize 2016-07-26 13:52:25 +02:00
delayed-inode.c btrfs: increase ctx->pos for delayed dir index 2017-08-18 16:36:20 +02:00
delayed-inode.h btrfs: convert btrfs_delayed_item.refs from atomic_t to refcount_t 2017-04-18 14:07:23 +02:00
delayed-ref.c Btrfs: return old and new total ref mods when adding delayed refs 2017-06-29 20:17:01 +02:00
delayed-ref.h Btrfs: return old and new total ref mods when adding delayed refs 2017-06-29 20:17:01 +02:00
dev-replace.c Merge branch 'work.mount' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-09-14 18:54:01 -07:00
dev-replace.h btrfs: constify device path passed to relevant helpers 2017-02-28 14:26:07 +01:00
dir-item.c btrfs: fix validation of XATTR_ITEM dir items 2017-06-29 20:06:11 +02:00
disk-io.c Merge branch 'for-4.14-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux 2017-09-29 12:57:35 -07:00
disk-io.h btrfs: use named constant for bdev blocksize 2017-08-16 16:12:04 +02:00
export.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
export.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
extent_io.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
extent_io.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
extent_map.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
extent_map.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
extent-tree.c btrfs: pass fs_info to btrfs_del_root instead of tree_root 2017-08-21 17:49:54 +02:00
file-item.c Merge branch 'for-4.13-part1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux 2017-07-05 16:41:23 -07:00
file.c Merge branch 'work.read_write' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-09-14 19:29:55 -07:00
free-space-cache.c btrfs: drop newlines from strings when using btrfs_* helpers 2017-08-16 16:12:02 +02:00
free-space-cache.h btrfs: free-space-cache, clean up unnecessary root arguments 2017-02-17 12:03:56 +01:00
free-space-tree.c btrfs: pass fs_info to btrfs_del_root instead of tree_root 2017-08-21 17:49:54 +02:00
free-space-tree.h btrfs: expose internal free space tree routine only if sanity tests are enabled 2017-08-18 16:36:29 +02:00
hash.c crypto: Work around deallocated stack frame reference gcc bug on sparc. 2017-06-08 17:36:03 +08:00
hash.h btrfs: advertise which crc32c implementation is being used at module load 2016-06-06 14:08:28 +02:00
inode-item.c btrfs: take an fs_info directly when the root is not used otherwise 2016-12-06 16:06:59 +01:00
inode-map.c btrfs: qgroup: Introduce extent changeset for qgroup reserve functions 2017-06-29 20:17:02 +02:00
inode-map.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
inode.c Merge branch 'for-4.14-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux 2017-09-29 12:57:35 -07:00
ioctl.c Merge branch 'for-4.14-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux 2017-09-29 12:57:35 -07:00
Kconfig btrfs: Add zstd support 2017-08-15 09:02:09 -07:00
locking.c
locking.h
lzo.c btrfs: switch to kvmalloc and GFP_KERNEL in lzo/zlib alloc_workspace 2017-06-19 18:26:02 +02:00
Makefile License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
math.h
ordered-data.c btrfs: fix integer overflow in calc_reclaim_items_nr 2017-06-29 20:17:02 +02:00
ordered-data.h btrfs: fix integer overflow in calc_reclaim_items_nr 2017-06-29 20:17:02 +02:00
orphan.c
print-tree.c Btrfs: add one more sanity check for shared ref type 2017-08-21 17:47:43 +02:00
print-tree.h btrfs: get fs_info from eb in btrfs_print_tree, remove argument 2017-08-16 16:12:03 +02:00
props.c Merge branch 'zstd-minimal' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/linux-btrfs 2017-09-14 17:30:49 -07:00
props.h
qgroup.c btrfs: Report error on removing qgroup if del_qgroup_item fails 2017-09-26 14:54:01 +02:00
qgroup.h btrfs: qgroup: Fix qgroup reserved space underflow by only freeing reserved ranges 2017-06-29 20:17:02 +02:00
raid56.c Merge branch 'for-4.14/block' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-09-07 11:59:42 -07:00
raid56.h btrfs: take an fs_info directly when the root is not used otherwise 2016-12-06 16:06:59 +01:00
rcu-string.h
reada.c btrfs: remove unused member err from reada_extent 2017-06-19 18:25:59 +02:00
relocation.c btrfs: fix NULL pointer dereference from free_reloc_roots() 2017-09-26 14:51:49 +02:00
root-tree.c Merge branch 'work.mount' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-09-14 18:54:01 -07:00
scrub.c Merge branch 'for-4.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux 2017-09-09 13:27:51 -07:00
send.c Merge branch 'for-4.14-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux 2017-09-29 12:57:35 -07:00
send.h
struct-funcs.c btrfs: struct-funcs, constify readers 2017-08-16 14:19:53 +02:00
super.c Convert fs/*/* to SB_I_VERSION 2017-10-18 18:51:27 -04:00
sysfs.c Merge branch 'work.mount' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-09-14 18:54:01 -07:00
sysfs.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
transaction.c btrfs: fix integer overflow in calc_reclaim_items_nr 2017-06-29 20:17:02 +02:00
transaction.h btrfs: remove unused qgroup members from btrfs_trans_handle 2017-04-18 14:07:25 +02:00
tree-defrag.c
tree-log.c btrfs: log csums for all modified extents 2017-09-26 14:54:16 +02:00
tree-log.h btrfs: Make btrfs_del_inode_ref take btrfs_inode 2017-02-14 15:50:54 +01:00
ulist.c btrfs: ulist: rename ulist_fini to ulist_release 2017-02-17 12:03:50 +01:00
ulist.h btrfs: ulist: rename ulist_fini to ulist_release 2017-02-17 12:03:50 +01:00
uuid-tree.c btrfs: return the actual error value from from btrfs_uuid_tree_iterate 2016-12-19 18:08:15 +01:00
volumes.c Merge branch 'for-4.14-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux 2017-09-29 12:57:35 -07:00
volumes.h Merge branch 'for-4.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux 2017-09-09 13:27:51 -07:00
xattr.c btrfs: Check name_len with boundary in verify dir_item 2017-06-21 19:16:04 +02:00
xattr.h btrfs: Switch to generic xattr handlers 2016-05-17 19:17:09 -04:00
zlib.c btrfs: switch to kvmalloc and GFP_KERNEL in lzo/zlib alloc_workspace 2017-06-19 18:26:02 +02:00
zstd.c btrfs: Add zstd support 2017-08-15 09:02:09 -07:00