[LTP] [PATCH v2 1/2] Rewrite fsx-linux test

[Petr Vorel]

Hi Andrea,

> Hi!

> On 11/1/23 11:53, Cyril Hrubis wrote:
> > Hi!
> > > > +++ b/testcases/kernel/fs/fsx-linux/fsx-linux.c
> > > > @@ -1,1353 +1,392 @@
> > > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> > > >   /*
> > > >    * Copyright (C) 1991, NeXT Computer, Inc.  All Rights Reserverd.
> > > > - * Copyright (c) 1998-2001 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved.
> > > > - *
> > > > - * @APPLE_LICENSE_HEADER_START@
> > > > - *
> > > > - * The contents of this file constitute Original Code as defined in and
> > > > - * are subject to the Apple Public Source License Version 1.1 (the
> > > > - * "License").  You may not use this file except in compliance with the
> > > > - * License.  Please obtain a copy of the License at
> > > > - * http://www.apple.com/publicsource and read it before using this file.
> > > I wonder if we can switch from APSL-1.1 to GPL-2.0-or-later
> > > https://spdx.org/licenses/APSL-1.1.html

> > > "This is a complete rewrite of the old test." may justify that.
> > The test was written from scratch based loosely on what the original
> > stress test did, so I would say that the new license is okay.

> > But I suggested adding "Based on fxs.c test by Next Computer, Inc."
> > instead of the copyright lines, since I suppose that once we add these
> > copyrights we have to keep the original license.
> This is explained in the description.

If you mean the commit message description, that's IMHO not enough.
Statements like this are added into the source code header so that people who
download tarballs see it as well.

Kind regards,
Petr