sys/[o-z]*: replace license headers with SPDX by N11cc00 · Pull Request #22613 · RIOT-OS/RIOT

N11cc00 · 2026-08-23T13:59:44Z

Contribution description

This PR attempts to convert all license headers for all folders inside the sys/ directory starting with the letters O to Z. Vendor specific files are left untouched as well as some files missing some copyright or license information.

Testing procedure

To check for correct license/copyright information in all files that are not vendor provided, use this command:

reuse lint -l | grep "^sys/" | grep -v "/vendor/"

Declaration of AI-Tools / LLMs usage

AI-Tools / LLMs that were used are:

VS Code Copilot for the python script

Issues/PRs references

Tracking #21515

riot-ci · 2026-08-23T17:27:03Z

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crasbe · 2026-08-24T10:04:02Z

- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski  <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>


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* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>

* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>

crasbe · 2026-08-24T10:04:16Z

- * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski  <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: NONE


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* SPDX-License-Identifier: NONE

* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-only

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* SPDX-License-Identifier: NONE

* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later

crasbe · 2026-08-24T10:04:28Z

+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski  <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: NONE


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* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>

* SPDX-License-Identifier: NONE

* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>

* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-only

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* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>

* SPDX-License-Identifier: NONE

* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>

* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later

crasbe · 2026-08-24T10:04:42Z

- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
- * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
- * directory for more details.
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 -15 Freie Universität Berlin


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* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 -15 Freie Universität Berlin

* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013-2015 Freie Universität Berlin

crasbe · 2026-08-24T10:04:51Z

- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
- * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
- * directory for more details.
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 -15 Freie Universität Berlin


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* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 -15 Freie Universität Berlin

* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013-2015 Freie Universität Berlin

crasbe · 2026-08-24T10:15:16Z

-# General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
-# directory for more details.
-#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Freie Universität


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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Freie Universität

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Freie Universität Berlin

This was added by @miri64 in #16037, so it's FU Berlin.

crasbe · 2026-08-24T10:16:33Z

- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
- * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
- * directory for more details.
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>


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* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>

* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>

* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Freie Universität Berlin

* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Inria

crasbe · 2026-08-24T10:17:23Z

+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski  <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: NONE


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* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>

* SPDX-License-Identifier: NONE

* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>

* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-only

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* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>

* SPDX-License-Identifier: NONE

* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>

* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later

crasbe · 2026-08-24T10:17:46Z

- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
- * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
- * directory for more details.
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>


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* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>

* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>

* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Freie Universität Berlin

* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Inria

crasbe · 2026-08-24T10:18:02Z

- * @ingroup sys_universal_address
- * @{
- * @file
- * @brief   Functions to manage universal address container
- * @author  Martin Landsmann <Martin.Landsmann@HAW-Hamburg.de>
- * @}


This should be kept.

crasbe · 2026-08-24T10:20:24Z

Ping, in case GitHub didn't send the notification e-mail again.

kfessel · 2026-08-26T10:46:24Z

- * @}
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 , INRIA.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-only


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* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-only

* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-only

*/

/**

* @ingroup sys_ps

* @{

* @file

* @brief UNIX like ps command

* @author Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>

*

* @note The entry 'runtime_usec' in 'MODULE_SCHEDSTATISTICS' is limited

* to 2**32 microseconds. So the entry gets reset after ~1.2 hours.

* @}

kfessel · 2026-08-26T10:50:06Z

- * LICENSE.txt
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Mutsuo Saito, Makoto Matsumoto,
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause


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* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause

* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause

*/

/**

* @brief Tiny Mersenne Twister only 127 bit internal state

*

* @author Mutsuo Saito (Hiroshima University)

* @author Makoto Matsumoto (The University of Tokyo)

this might also need a @file

kfessel

@N11cc00: many Thanks for picking this up again

please do not accidentally change licenses

please do not remove doxygen statements (but have them in an separate comment)

kfessel · 2026-08-26T11:09:37Z

+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski  <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: NONE


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* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>

* SPDX-License-Identifier: NONE

* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>

* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later

sys/[o-z]*: replace license headers with SPDX

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N11cc00 requested review from MichelRottleuthner, MrKevinWeiss, aabadie, bergzand, dylad, jia200x, kaspar030, leandrolanzieri and mguetschow as code owners August 23, 2026 13:59

github-actions Bot added Area: timers Area: timer subsystems Area: SAUL Area: Sensor/Actuator Uber Layer Area: OTA Area: Over-the-air updates Area: USB Area: Universal Serial Bus Area: sys Area: System Area: Kconfig Area: Kconfig integration labels Aug 23, 2026

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tracking: replacing old license headers with SPDX headers #21515

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	* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>
	* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>

	* SPDX-License-Identifier: NONE
	* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-only

	* SPDX-License-Identifier: NONE
	* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later

	* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 -15 Freie Universität Berlin
	* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013-2015 Freie Universität Berlin

	# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Freie Universität
	# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Freie Universität Berlin

- * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-only
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-only
+ */
+ /**
+ * @ingroup sys_ps
+ * @{
+ * @file
+ * @brief   UNIX like ps command
+ * @author  Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+ *
+ * @note    The entry 'runtime_usec' in 'MODULE_SCHEDSTATISTICS' is limited
+ *          to 2**32 microseconds. So the entry gets reset after ~1.2 hours.
+ * @}

- * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+/**
+ * @brief Tiny Mersenne Twister only 127 bit internal state
+ *
+ * @author Mutsuo Saito (Hiroshima University)
+ * @author Makoto Matsumoto (The University of Tokyo)

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