> -----Original Message----- > From: Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) <[email protected]> > > > Le 16/01/2026 à 01:04, Tim Bird a écrit : > > [Vous ne recevez pas souvent de courriers de [email protected]. Découvrez > > pourquoi ceci est important à > https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] > > > > Add a GPL-2.0 license identifier line for this file. > > > > kmod.c was originally introduced in the kernel in February > > of 1998 by Linus Torvalds - who was familiar with kernel > > licensing at the time this was introduced. > > 1998 ? Yes. The file kernel/kmod.c first appeared in kernel version 2.1.90, released on March 18, 1998.
> > This file has Copyright (C) 2023 Luis Chamberlain <[email protected]> > added by commit 8660484ed1cf ("module: add debugging auto-load duplicate > module support") That copyright line was added later. While Linus first introduced the file, some of the code was likely authored by Kirk Peterson, whose name is in the header (but without a formal copyright notice. -- Tim > > > > > Signed-off-by: Tim Bird <[email protected]> > > --- > > kernel/module/kmod.c | 1 + > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > > > diff --git a/kernel/module/kmod.c b/kernel/module/kmod.c > > index 25f253812512..a25dccdf7aa7 100644 > > --- a/kernel/module/kmod.c > > +++ b/kernel/module/kmod.c > > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > > /* > > * kmod - the kernel module loader > > * > > -- > > 2.43.0 > > > >
