diff --git a/include/linux/openvswitch.h b/include/linux/openvswitch.h
index 379affc63e24..3b037bab32b0 100644
--- a/include/linux/openvswitch.h
+++ b/include/linux/openvswitch.h
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2011 Nicira Networks.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #ifndef _LINUX_OPENVSWITCH_H
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index a5d8cad18ead..38c02bb62e2c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2013 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
index 30c1c264bdfc..9e3846388fb3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2013 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/actions.c b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
index 2c151bb322c1..151518dbabad 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/actions.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2017 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index dc9ff9367221..6747bc57b6fa 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.h b/net/openvswitch/datapath.h
index c9eb267c6f7e..751d34accdf9 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.h
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #ifndef DATAPATH_H
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/dp_notify.c b/net/openvswitch/dp_notify.c
index f3ee2f2825c0..53cf07d141b4 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/dp_notify.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/dp_notify.c
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2012 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow.c b/net/openvswitch/flow.c
index f54cf17ef7a8..dca3b1e2acf0 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow.c
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow.h b/net/openvswitch/flow.h
index 5b8e5bd7457b..3e2cc2202d66 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow.h
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2017 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #ifndef FLOW_H
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
index 54eb80dd2dc6..d7559c64795d 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2017 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.h b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.h
index 66f9553758a5..fe7f77fc5f18 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.h
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2013 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c
index cfb0098c9a01..988fd8a94e43 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #include "flow.h"
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_table.h b/net/openvswitch/flow_table.h
index de5ec6cf5174..bc52045b63ff 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_table.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_table.h
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2013 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #ifndef FLOW_TABLE_H
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-gre.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-gre.c
index c38a62464b85..e6b5e76a962a 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-gre.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-gre.c
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
index 26f71cbf7527..758bb1da31df 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2012 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.h b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.h
index 1b179a190cff..0112d1b09d4b 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.h
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2011 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #ifndef VPORT_INTERNAL_DEV_H
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
index 9bec22e3e9e8..52a1ed9633ec 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2012 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.h b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.h
index 19e29c12adcc..c5d83a43bfc4 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.h
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2011 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #ifndef VPORT_NETDEV_H
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-vxlan.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-vxlan.c
index f3c54871f9e1..188e9c1360a1 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-vxlan.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-vxlan.c
@@ -1,20 +1,7 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2014 Nicira, Inc.
  * Copyright (c) 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport.c b/net/openvswitch/vport.c
index 258ce3b7b452..f927de9bda0a 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport.c
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport.h b/net/openvswitch/vport.h
index cda66c26ad08..1eb7495ac5b4 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport.h
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2012 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
 #ifndef VPORT_H