util/: Replace GPLv2 boiler plate with SPDX header

Used commands:
perl -i -p0e 's|\/\*[\s*]*.*is free software[:;][\s*]*you[\s*]*can[\s*]*redistribute[\s*]*it[\s*]*and\/or[\s*]*modify[\s*]*it[\s*]*under[\s*]*the[\s*]*terms[\s*]*of[\s*]*the[\s*]*GNU[\s*]*General[\s*]*Public[\s*]*License[\s*]*as[\s*]*published[\s*]*by[\s*]*the[\s*]*Free[\s*]*Software[\s*]*Foundation[;,][\s*]*version[\s*]*2[\s*]*of[\s*]*the[\s*]*License.[\s*]*This[\s*]*program[\s*]*is[\s*]*distributed[\s*]*in[\s*]*the[\s*]*hope[\s*]*that[\s*]*it[\s*]*will[\s*]*be[\s*]*useful,[\s*]*but[\s*]*WITHOUT[\s*]*ANY[\s*]*WARRANTY;[\s*]*without[\s*]*even[\s*]*the[\s*]*implied[\s*]*warranty[\s*]*of[\s*]*MERCHANTABILITY[\s*]*or[\s*]*FITNESS[\s*]*FOR[\s*]*A[\s*]*PARTICULAR[\s*]*PURPOSE.[\s*]*See[\s*]*the[\s*]*GNU[\s*]*General[\s*]*Public[\s*]*License[\s*]*for[\s*]*more[\s*]*details.[\s*]*\*\/|/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */|' $(cat filelist)

perl -i -p0e 's|This[\s*]*program[\s*]*is[\s*]*free[\s*]*software[:;][\s*]*you[\s*]*can[\s*]*redistribute[\s*]*it[\s*]*and/or[\s*]*modify[\s*]*it[\s*]*under[\s*]*the[\s*]*terms[\s*]*of[\s*]*the[\s*]*GNU[\s*]*General[\s*]*Public[\s*]*License[\s*]*as[\s*]*published[\s*]*by[\s*]*the[\s*]*Free[\s*]*Software[\s*]*Foundation[;,][\s*]*either[\s*]*version[\s*]*2[\s*]*of[\s*]*the[\s*]*License,[\s*]*or[\s*]*.at[\s*]*your[\s*]*option.*[\s*]*any[\s*]*later[\s*]*version.[\s*]*This[\s*]*program[\s*]*is[\s*]*distributed[\s*]*in[\s*]*the[\s*]*hope[\s*]*that[\s*]*it[\s*]*will[\s*]*be[\s*]*useful,[\s*]*but[\s*]*WITHOUT[\s*]*ANY[\s*]*WARRANTY;[\s*]*without[\s*]*even[\s*]*the[\s*]*implied[\s*]*warranty[\s*]*of[\s*]*MERCHANTABILITY[\s*]*or[\s*]*FITNESS[\s*]*FOR[\s*]*A[\s*]*PARTICULAR[\s*]*PURPOSE.[\s*]*See[\s*]*the[\s*]*GNU[\s*]*General[\s*]*Public[\s*]*License[\s*]*for[\s*]*more[\s*]*details.[\s*]*\*\/|/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */|' $(cat filelist)

perl -i -p0e 's|\/\*[\s*]*.*This[\s*#]*program[\s*#]*is[\s*#]*free[\s*#]*software[;:,][\s*#]*you[\s*#]*can[\s*#]*redistribute[\s*#]*it[\s*#]*and/or[\s*#]*modify[\s*#]*it[\s*#]*under[\s*#]*the[\s*#]*terms[\s*#]*of[\s*#]*the[\s*#]*GNU[\s*#]*General[\s*#]*Public[\s*#]*License[\s*#]*as[\s*#]*published[\s*#]*by[\s*#]*the[\s*#]*Free[\s*#]*Software[\s*#]*Foundation[;:,][\s*#]*either[\s*#]*version[\s*#]*3[\s*#]*of[\s*#]*the[\s*#]*License[;:,][\s*#]*or[\s*#]*.at[\s*#]*your[\s*#]*option.*[\s*#]*any[\s*#]*later[\s*#]*version.[\s*#]*This[\s*#]*program[\s*#]*is[\s*#]*distributed[\s*#]*in[\s*#]*the[\s*#]*hope[\s*#]*that[\s*#]*it[\s*#]*will[\s*#]*be[\s*#]*useful[;:,][\s*#]*but[\s*#]*WITHOUT[\s*#]*ANY[\s*#]*WARRANTY[;:,][\s*#]*without[\s*#]*even[\s*#]*the[\s*#]*implied[\s*#]*warranty[\s*#]*of[\s*#]*MERCHANTABILITY[\s*#]*or[\s*#]*FITNESS[\s*#]*FOR[\s*#]*A[\s*#]*PARTICULAR[\s*#]*PURPOSE.[\s*#]*See[\s*#]*the[\s*#]*GNU[\s*#]*General[\s*#]*Public[\s*#]*License[\s*#]*for[\s*#]*more[\s*#]*details.[\s*]*\*\/|/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later */|' $(cat filelist)

perl -i -p0e 's|(\#\#*)[\w]*.*is free software[:;][\#\s]*you[\#\s]*can[\#\s]*redistribute[\#\s]*it[\#\s]*and\/or[\#\s]*modify[\#\s]*it[\s\#]*under[\s \#]*the[\s\#]*terms[\s\#]*of[\s\#]*the[\s\#]*GNU[\s\#]*General[\s\#]*Public[\s\#]*License[\s\#]*as[\s\#]*published[\s\#]*by[\s\#]*the[\s\#]*Free[\s\#]*Software[\s\#]*Foundation[;,][\s\#]*version[\s\#]*2[\s\#]*of[\s\#]*the[\s\#]*License.*[\s\#]*This[\s\#]*program[\s\#]*is[\s\#]*distributed[\s\#]*in[\s\#]*the[\s\#]*hope[\s\#]*that[\s\#]*it[\s\#]*will[\#\s]*be[\#\s]*useful,[\#\s]*but[\#\s]*WITHOUT[\#\s]*ANY[\#\s]*WARRANTY;[\#\s]*without[\#\s]*even[\#\s]*the[\#\s]*implied[\#\s]*warranty[\#\s]*of[\#\s]*MERCHANTABILITY[\#\s]*or[\#\s]*FITNESS[\#\s]*FOR[\#\s]*A[\#\s]*PARTICULAR[\#\s]*PURPOSE.[\#\s]*See[\#\s]*the[\#\s]*GNU[\#\s]*General[\#\s]*Public[\#\s]*License[\#\s]*for[\#\s]*more[\#\s]*details.\s(#* *\n)*|\1 SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only\n\n|' $(cat filelist)

perl -i -p0e 's|(\#\#*)[\w*]*.*is free software[:;][\s*]*you[\s*]*can[\s*]*redistribute[\s*]*it[\s*]*and\/or[\s*]*modify[\s*]*it[\s*]*under[\s*]*the[\s*]*terms[\s*]*of[\s*]*the[\s*]*GNU[\s*]*General[\s*]*Public[\s*]*License[\s*]*as[\s*]*published[\s*]*by[\s*]*the[\s*]*Free[\s*]*Software[\s*]*Foundation[;,][\s*]*version[\s*]*2[\s*]*of[\s*]*the[\s*]*License.[\s*]*This[\s*]*program[\s*]*is[\s*]*distributed[\s*]*in[\s*]*the[\s*]*hope[\s*]*that[\s*]*it[\s*]*will[\s*]*be[\s*]*useful,[\s*]*but[\s*]*WITHOUT[\s*]*ANY[\s*]*WARRANTY;[\s*]*without[\s*]*even[\s*]*the[\s*]*implied[\s*]*warranty[\s*]*of[\s*]*MERCHANTABILITY[\s*]*or[\s*]*FITNESS[\s*]*FOR[\s*]*A[\s*]*PARTICULAR[\s*]*PURPOSE.[\s*]*See[\s*]*the[\s*]*GNU[\s*]*General[\s*]*Public[\s*]*License[\s*]*for[\s*]*more[\s*]*details.\s(#* *\n)*|\1 SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only\n\n|' $(cat filelist)

Change-Id: I1008a63b804f355a916221ac994701d7584f60ff
Signed-off-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Elyes HAOUAS <ehaouas@noos.fr>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/41177
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>

175 files changed, 200 insertions, 1715 deletions

diff --git a/util/acpi/acpidump-all b/util/acpi/acpidump-all
index 29bf254ff70b..c42ee4a616df 100755
--- a/util/acpi/acpidump-all
+++ b/util/acpi/acpidump-all
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 rm -rf out
 mkdir out
diff --git a/util/amdfwtool/amdfwtool.c b/util/amdfwtool/amdfwtool.c
index bb4266d4862c..e34485281598 100644
--- a/util/amdfwtool/amdfwtool.c
+++ b/util/amdfwtool/amdfwtool.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 /*
  *  ROMSIG At ROMBASE + 0x20000:
diff --git a/util/archive/archive.c b/util/archive/archive.c
index 384a98025f1b..82a2f3906241 100644
--- a/util/archive/archive.c
+++ b/util/archive/archive.c
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include "archive.h"
 #include <endian.h>
diff --git a/util/archive/archive.h b/util/archive/archive.h
index c7fe53f65917..c726bb7a5be0 100644
--- a/util/archive/archive.h
+++ b/util/archive/archive.h
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef __ARCHIVE_H
 #define __ARCHIVE_H
diff --git a/util/bincfg/bincfg.h b/util/bincfg/bincfg.h
index 1f2d270bc877..c3eec105df00 100644
--- a/util/bincfg/bincfg.h
+++ b/util/bincfg/bincfg.h
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* bincfg - Compiler/Decompiler for data blobs with specs */
-/*
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later */
 
 #ifndef __BINCFG_H
 #define __BINCFG_H
diff --git a/util/bincfg/bincfg.l b/util/bincfg/bincfg.l
index 5f9a2c93d0e0..ca935476481e 100644
--- a/util/bincfg/bincfg.l
+++ b/util/bincfg/bincfg.l
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* bincfg - Compiler/Decompiler for data blobs with specs */
-/*
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later */
 
 %{
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/util/bincfg/bincfg.y b/util/bincfg/bincfg.y
index 5c65d75cfe16..0aaf13af2876 100644
--- a/util/bincfg/bincfg.y
+++ b/util/bincfg/bincfg.y
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* bincfg - Compiler/Decompiler for data blobs with specs */
-/*
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later */
 
 %{
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/util/bucts/bucts.c b/util/bucts/bucts.c
index f932e5b4ab99..a89456c3e603 100644
--- a/util/bucts/bucts.c
+++ b/util/bucts/bucts.c
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/amdcompress.c b/util/cbfstool/amdcompress.c
index a42cfc25040b..b4e10a2c0ed1 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/amdcompress.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/amdcompress.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* AMD Family 17h and later BIOS compressor */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/cbfs-mkpayload.c b/util/cbfstool/cbfs-mkpayload.c
index c06319088c3f..86aa8e54a317 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/cbfs-mkpayload.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/cbfs-mkpayload.c
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/cbfs-mkstage.c b/util/cbfstool/cbfs-mkstage.c
index 3f6b0268c5f1..bfdffbfeea04 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/cbfs-mkstage.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/cbfs-mkstage.c
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/cbfs-payload-linux.c b/util/cbfstool/cbfs-payload-linux.c
index 2b5a4b9e70d3..706f3a025361 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/cbfs-payload-linux.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/cbfs-payload-linux.c
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/cbfs.h b/util/cbfstool/cbfs.h
index 11e80c43d78d..421f0bc70355 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/cbfs.h
+++ b/util/cbfstool/cbfs.h
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef __CBFS_H
 #define __CBFS_H
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/cbfs_image.c b/util/cbfstool/cbfs_image.c
index a0b2a82d8e65..a042f0dac8cc 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/cbfs_image.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/cbfs_image.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* CBFS Image Manipulation */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <libgen.h>
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/cbfs_image.h b/util/cbfstool/cbfs_image.h
index fa460f1ba1a9..c57a153d9938 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/cbfs_image.h
+++ b/util/cbfstool/cbfs_image.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* CBFS Image Manipulation */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef __CBFS_IMAGE_H
 #define __CBFS_IMAGE_H
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/cbfs_sections.c b/util/cbfstool/cbfs_sections.c
index c5f016f08a0b..a8560dc560fc 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/cbfs_sections.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/cbfs_sections.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* track which sections of the image will contain CBFSes */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include "cbfs_sections.h"
 #include "common.h"
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/cbfs_sections.h b/util/cbfstool/cbfs_sections.h
index c968a68d8bb7..d7b0173c0b61 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/cbfs_sections.h
+++ b/util/cbfstool/cbfs_sections.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* fmap_sections.h, track which sections of the image will contain CBFSes */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef CBFS_SECTIONS_H_
 #define CBFS_SECTIONS_H_
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/cbfscomptool.c b/util/cbfstool/cbfscomptool.c
index b50d4efafcf1..3ea87ad4491b 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/cbfscomptool.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/cbfscomptool.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* cbfs-compression-tool, CLI utility for dealing with CBFS compressed data */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/cbfstool.c b/util/cbfstool/cbfstool.c
index 1421c8ec3e52..4ec8c904e523 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/cbfstool.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/cbfstool.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* cbfstool, CLI utility for CBFS file manipulation */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/coff.h b/util/cbfstool/coff.h
index da0ea173795d..1035e84ece87 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/coff.h
+++ b/util/cbfstool/coff.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #define DOS_MAGIC 0x5a4d
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/common.c b/util/cbfstool/common.c
index 2de67dcf7bfa..e2ed38ffc47f 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/common.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/common.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* common utility functions for cbfstool */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/common.h b/util/cbfstool/common.h
index 94c1a980289b..7dbc1f575d4f 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/common.h
+++ b/util/cbfstool/common.h
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef __CBFSTOOL_COMMON_H
 #define __CBFSTOOL_COMMON_H
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/compress.c b/util/cbfstool/compress.c
index b92da0eac3e9..f926db510c4f 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/compress.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/compress.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* compression handling for cbfstool */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/console/console.h b/util/cbfstool/console/console.h
index 9c393f13d525..e2cf277a209a 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/console/console.h
+++ b/util/cbfstool/console/console.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef _CBFSTOOL_CONSOLE_H_
 #define _CBFSTOOL_CONSOLE_H_
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/elfheaders.c b/util/cbfstool/elfheaders.c
index 216e2778eebb..3a53735382b7 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/elfheaders.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/elfheaders.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* elf header parsing */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/elfparsing.h b/util/cbfstool/elfparsing.h
index 1cc6eb2c33eb..d207f45fc4c7 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/elfparsing.h
+++ b/util/cbfstool/elfparsing.h
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef ELFPARSING_H
 #define ELFPARSING_H
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/fit.c b/util/cbfstool/fit.c
index f35872022faa..44573cadee3a 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/fit.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/fit.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* Firmware Interface Table support */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/fit.h b/util/cbfstool/fit.h
index feec0cf28a97..d900cf51d40b 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/fit.h
+++ b/util/cbfstool/fit.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* Firmware Interface Table support */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef __CBFSTOOL_FIT_H
 #define __CBFSTOOL_FIT_H
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/flashmap_tests.c b/util/cbfstool/flashmap_tests.c
index d6483dbaf419..0ed3fc936ed9 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/flashmap_tests.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/flashmap_tests.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* fmap_from_fmd.c, simple launcher for fmap library unit test suite */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include "flashmap/fmap.h"
 
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/fmap_from_fmd.c b/util/cbfstool/fmap_from_fmd.c
index 1773050125b0..051914d94b47 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/fmap_from_fmd.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/fmap_from_fmd.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* fmap_from_fmd.c, tool to distill flashmap descriptors into raw FMAP sections */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include "fmap_from_fmd.h"
 
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/fmap_from_fmd.h b/util/cbfstool/fmap_from_fmd.h
index 8464aa549706..cb727e76b04a 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/fmap_from_fmd.h
+++ b/util/cbfstool/fmap_from_fmd.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* fmap_from_fmd.h, tool to distill flashmap descriptors into raw FMAP sections */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef FMAP_FROM_FMD_H_
 #define FMAP_FROM_FMD_H_
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/fmaptool.c b/util/cbfstool/fmaptool.c
index 3b10f79e5b39..aace5aea3315 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/fmaptool.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/fmaptool.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* fmaptool, CLI utility for converting plaintext fmd files into fmap blobs */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include "common.h"
 #include "cbfs_sections.h"
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/fmd.c b/util/cbfstool/fmd.c
index 5d990cad7f6f..f6997452a84b 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/fmd.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/fmd.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* fmd.c, parser frontend and utility functions for flashmap descriptor language */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include "fmd.h"
 
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/fmd.h b/util/cbfstool/fmd.h
index 8a9e1518cbd6..8dfcb3c964ff 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/fmd.h
+++ b/util/cbfstool/fmd.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* parser frontend and utility functions for flashmap descriptor language */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef FMD_H_
 #define FMD_H_
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/fmd_parser.y b/util/cbfstool/fmd_parser.y
index b10835e89512..a29c9d64ac3d 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/fmd_parser.y
+++ b/util/cbfstool/fmd_parser.y
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* parser generator for flashmap descriptor language */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 %{
 #include "fmd_scanner.h"
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/fmd_scanner.l b/util/cbfstool/fmd_scanner.l
index 525fe6f743ee..9d05c80d263b 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/fmd_scanner.l
+++ b/util/cbfstool/fmd_scanner.l
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* scanner generator for flashmap descriptor language */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 %{
 #include "fmd_parser.h"
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/fv.h b/util/cbfstool/fv.h
index 8a6031d9c8b2..bf4284e5c758 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/fv.h
+++ b/util/cbfstool/fv.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #define FV_SIGNATURE 0x4856465f
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/ifittool.c b/util/cbfstool/ifittool.c
index 3a9c37e09724..7e99d4fd4320 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/ifittool.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/ifittool.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* cbfstool, CLI utility for creating rmodules */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/ifwitool.c b/util/cbfstool/ifwitool.c
index 591f588c59a7..8eda4c77b168 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/ifwitool.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/ifwitool.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* ifwitool, CLI utility for IFWI manipulation */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <commonlib/endian.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/linux.h b/util/cbfstool/linux.h
index c8281f752cb2..fcf77a5e557a 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/linux.h
+++ b/util/cbfstool/linux.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of coreboot */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 /*
  * Linux/i386 loader
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/linux_trampoline.S b/util/cbfstool/linux_trampoline.S
index fd21475bbe5c..f1619cfb1793 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/linux_trampoline.S
+++ b/util/cbfstool/linux_trampoline.S
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* linux_trampoline */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 /* NOTE: THIS CODE MUST REMAIN POSITION INDEPENDENT
  *       IT SHOULDN'T USE THE STACK
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/linux_trampoline.h b/util/cbfstool/linux_trampoline.h
index dcdcf081a4e5..af77d7cccd1b 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/linux_trampoline.h
+++ b/util/cbfstool/linux_trampoline.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of coreboot */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 /*
  * This file contains #define constants used by both the Linux
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/option.h b/util/cbfstool/option.h
index 134238374ca0..c49bf576686c 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/option.h
+++ b/util/cbfstool/option.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* unsigned OPTION type */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef OPTION_H_
 #define OPTION_H_
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/partitioned_file.c b/util/cbfstool/partitioned_file.c
index 917341c1f9b1..b6d4f1b80800 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/partitioned_file.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/partitioned_file.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* read and write binary file "partitions" described by FMAP */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include "partitioned_file.h"
 
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/partitioned_file.h b/util/cbfstool/partitioned_file.h
index 75d51e062f1f..24c267ed188a 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/partitioned_file.h
+++ b/util/cbfstool/partitioned_file.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* read and write binary file "partitions" described by FMAP */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef PARITITONED_FILE_H_
 #define PARITITONED_FILE_H_
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/rmodtool.c b/util/cbfstool/rmodtool.c
index 90af3af54588..c4256e86c82a 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/rmodtool.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/rmodtool.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* CLI utility for creating rmodules */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/rmodule.c b/util/cbfstool/rmodule.c
index 800a85b9d862..429bbf37fb06 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/rmodule.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/rmodule.c
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/rmodule.h b/util/cbfstool/rmodule.h
index 7b29194295c1..a62562b98f19 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/rmodule.h
+++ b/util/cbfstool/rmodule.h
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef TOOL_RMODULE_H
 #define TOOL_RMODULE_H
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/xdr.c b/util/cbfstool/xdr.c
index d7bcb32c174c..6a83beef7857 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/xdr.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/xdr.c
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/cbmem/Makefile b/util/cbmem/Makefile
index 5cc55a3a60d6..f0f474ef657e 100644
--- a/util/cbmem/Makefile
+++ b/util/cbmem/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
-## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-##
-## 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.
-##
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 PROGRAM   = cbmem
 ROOT      = ../../src
diff --git a/util/cbmem/cbmem.c b/util/cbmem/cbmem.c
index 54642da99ca0..f49358560d48 100644
--- a/util/cbmem/cbmem.c
+++ b/util/cbmem/cbmem.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/util/chromeos/crosfirmware.sh b/util/chromeos/crosfirmware.sh
index 0dcb449cab09..40cef3a383b0 100755
--- a/util/chromeos/crosfirmware.sh
+++ b/util/chromeos/crosfirmware.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 # On some systems, `parted` and `debugfs` are located in /sbin.
 export PATH="$PATH:/sbin"
diff --git a/util/chromeos/extract_blobs.sh b/util/chromeos/extract_blobs.sh
index ca5c932a1178..9aa7baa94437 100755
--- a/util/chromeos/extract_blobs.sh
+++ b/util/chromeos/extract_blobs.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 set -x
 
diff --git a/util/chromeos/gen_test_hwid.sh b/util/chromeos/gen_test_hwid.sh
index 6e7cdeebb59e..21aed18f1ae7 100755
--- a/util/chromeos/gen_test_hwid.sh
+++ b/util/chromeos/gen_test_hwid.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 main() {
   if [ "$#" != 1 ]; then
diff --git a/util/crossgcc/Makefile.inc b/util/crossgcc/Makefile.inc
index c6e468b8874e..a078e002be33 100644
--- a/util/crossgcc/Makefile.inc
+++ b/util/crossgcc/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
-## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-##
-## 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.
-##
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 TOOLCHAIN_ARCHES := i386 x64 arm aarch64 riscv ppc64 nds32le
 
diff --git a/util/crossgcc/buildgcc b/util/crossgcc/buildgcc
index 2e354627cb40..8770e02813cf 100755
--- a/util/crossgcc/buildgcc
+++ b/util/crossgcc/buildgcc
@@ -12,15 +12,7 @@
 #        This is used for all of our color printing.
 
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 cd "$(dirname "$0")" || exit 1
 
diff --git a/util/docker/Makefile b/util/docker/Makefile
index c3b8fd65f81d..6d320e1c46ac 100644
--- a/util/docker/Makefile
+++ b/util/docker/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
-## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-##
-## 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.
-##
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 export top=$(abspath $(CURDIR)/../..)
 export crossgcc_version=$(shell $(top)/util/crossgcc/buildgcc --version | grep 'cross toolchain' | sed 's/^.*\sv//' | sed 's/\s.*$$//')
 export DOCKER:=$(shell $(SHELL) -c "command -v docker")
diff --git a/util/docker/coreboot.org-status/kconfig2html b/util/docker/coreboot.org-status/kconfig2html
index 250b3452cff2..3c1efc1b6a7e 100755
--- a/util/docker/coreboot.org-status/kconfig2html
+++ b/util/docker/coreboot.org-status/kconfig2html
@@ -4,15 +4,7 @@
 # https://www.coreboot.org/coreboot_Options
 # based on http://landley.net/kdocs/make/menuconfig2html.py
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 import glob
 
diff --git a/util/docker/coreboot.org-status/run.sh b/util/docker/coreboot.org-status/run.sh
index 8f48f87b3568..46cebbcefdb7 100755
--- a/util/docker/coreboot.org-status/run.sh
+++ b/util/docker/coreboot.org-status/run.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 set -e
 
 # This script is the entry point for this container and expects two git
diff --git a/util/dtd_parser/dtd_parser.py b/util/dtd_parser/dtd_parser.py
index d00d52128c61..4f4d290ca55f 100755
--- a/util/dtd_parser/dtd_parser.py
+++ b/util/dtd_parser/dtd_parser.py
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python2
 # dtd_parser.py - DTD structure parser
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 '''
 DTD string parser/generator.
diff --git a/util/ectool/Makefile b/util/ectool/Makefile
index c2ba7639b729..75504c73b6d8 100644
--- a/util/ectool/Makefile
+++ b/util/ectool/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
-## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-##
-## 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.
-##
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 CC = gcc
 CFLAGS = -O2 -Wall -Wextra
diff --git a/util/find_usbdebug/find_usbdebug.sh b/util/find_usbdebug/find_usbdebug.sh
index 28d02ad2b0cd..ec81dd34dc8d 100755
--- a/util/find_usbdebug/find_usbdebug.sh
+++ b/util/find_usbdebug/find_usbdebug.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 LANG=C
 # Some tools emit errors that don't matter (bugs in lspci/PCI firmware and lsusb).
diff --git a/util/fuzz-tests/jpeg-test.c b/util/fuzz-tests/jpeg-test.c
index 82d6d5cdd3fc..cdd93e9d9089 100644
--- a/util/fuzz-tests/jpeg-test.c
+++ b/util/fuzz-tests/jpeg-test.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/util/genbuild_h/genbuild_h.sh b/util/genbuild_h/genbuild_h.sh
index e770425489c7..bdd962c10814 100755
--- a/util/genbuild_h/genbuild_h.sh
+++ b/util/genbuild_h/genbuild_h.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 DATE=""
 GITREV=""
diff --git a/util/gitconfig/gitconfig.sh b/util/gitconfig/gitconfig.sh
index e287658a475f..f86b2b41c529 100755
--- a/util/gitconfig/gitconfig.sh
+++ b/util/gitconfig/gitconfig.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
-## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-##
-## 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.
-##
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 # In the hooks, use the same `make` tool as used when running `make gitconfig`,
 # e.g. `remake gitconfig` will set `remake` to be run by the hooks.
diff --git a/util/gitconfig/pre-commit b/util/gitconfig/pre-commit
index 2dcdcb1930a8..3b04b5960767 100755
--- a/util/gitconfig/pre-commit
+++ b/util/gitconfig/pre-commit
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
-## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-##
-## 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.
-##
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 set -e # -o errexit
 set -u # -o nounset
diff --git a/util/ifdtool/Makefile b/util/ifdtool/Makefile
index 8ebc6672ac1a..d70080d55173 100644
--- a/util/ifdtool/Makefile
+++ b/util/ifdtool/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 # ifdtool - dump Intel Firmware Descriptor information
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 PROGRAM = ifdtool
 
diff --git a/util/ifdtool/ifdtool.c b/util/ifdtool/ifdtool.c
index 08a65b3ff53b..fcc760e807f1 100644
--- a/util/ifdtool/ifdtool.c
+++ b/util/ifdtool/ifdtool.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* ifdtool - dump Intel Firmware Descriptor information */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/ifdtool/ifdtool.h b/util/ifdtool/ifdtool.h
index 0b81260006ed..5af98cf2ce10 100644
--- a/util/ifdtool/ifdtool.h
+++ b/util/ifdtool/ifdtool.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* ifdtool - dump Intel Firmware Descriptor information */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
diff --git a/util/intelmetool/intelmetool.c b/util/intelmetool/intelmetool.c
index 5d8523881fd3..426fa977561e 100644
--- a/util/intelmetool/intelmetool.c
+++ b/util/intelmetool/intelmetool.c
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* intelmetool  Dump interesting things about Management Engine even if hidden */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
- * or (at your option), any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
diff --git a/util/intelmetool/intelmetool.h b/util/intelmetool/intelmetool.h
index f3dbcee18977..06df5f7b921d 100644
--- a/util/intelmetool/intelmetool.h
+++ b/util/intelmetool/intelmetool.h
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #define ME_NOT_PRESENT 0
 #define ME_FOUND_NOTHING 1
diff --git a/util/inteltool/amb.c b/util/inteltool/amb.c
index 67b5d8f814c3..961c0abf3649 100644
--- a/util/inteltool/amb.c
+++ b/util/inteltool/amb.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* inteltool - dump all registers on an Intel CPU + chipset based system */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/util/inteltool/cpu.c b/util/inteltool/cpu.c
index f142455809cc..284e90b50e58 100644
--- a/util/inteltool/cpu.c
+++ b/util/inteltool/cpu.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* inteltool - dump all registers on an Intel CPU + chipset based system */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/util/inteltool/gfx.c b/util/inteltool/gfx.c
index e19f58ba5a69..bd85fae2aa8c 100644
--- a/util/inteltool/gfx.c
+++ b/util/inteltool/gfx.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* inteltool - dump all registers on an Intel CPU + chipset based system */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/inteltool/gpio.c b/util/inteltool/gpio.c
index 692876445aab..911ec3ca275a 100644
--- a/util/inteltool/gpio.c
+++ b/util/inteltool/gpio.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* inteltool - dump all registers on an Intel CPU + chipset based system */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "inteltool.h"
diff --git a/util/inteltool/gpio_groups.c b/util/inteltool/gpio_groups.c
index 6f65f6d74f2f..4d341600edac 100644
--- a/util/inteltool/gpio_groups.c
+++ b/util/inteltool/gpio_groups.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* inteltool - dump all registers on an Intel CPU + chipset based system */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/inteltool/inteltool.c b/util/inteltool/inteltool.c
index 12f8c6af68a8..04e05dddae32 100644
--- a/util/inteltool/inteltool.c
+++ b/util/inteltool/inteltool.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* inteltool - dump all registers on an Intel CPU + chipset based system */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/inteltool/inteltool.h b/util/inteltool/inteltool.h
index ba46887d9a57..b314fe4de83f 100644
--- a/util/inteltool/inteltool.h
+++ b/util/inteltool/inteltool.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* inteltool - dump all registers on an Intel CPU + chipset based system */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef INTELTOOL_H
 #define INTELTOOL_H 1
diff --git a/util/inteltool/lpc.c b/util/inteltool/lpc.c
index 068ad037b6ee..2d3c91c70452 100644
--- a/util/inteltool/lpc.c
+++ b/util/inteltool/lpc.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* inteltool - dump all registers on an Intel CPU + chipset based system */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/inteltool/memory.c b/util/inteltool/memory.c
index 59b94ff050eb..1bd127be995d 100644
--- a/util/inteltool/memory.c
+++ b/util/inteltool/memory.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* inteltool - dump all registers on an Intel CPU + chipset based system. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/util/inteltool/pcie.c b/util/inteltool/pcie.c
index 837afdd82f7f..e5828ccfbed1 100644
--- a/util/inteltool/pcie.c
+++ b/util/inteltool/pcie.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* inteltool - dump all registers on an Intel CPU + chipset based system */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/inteltool/pcr.c b/util/inteltool/pcr.c
index 231a61db7d15..c520518705d0 100644
--- a/util/inteltool/pcr.c
+++ b/util/inteltool/pcr.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* inteltool - dump all registers on an Intel CPU + chipset based system */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/inteltool/pcr.h b/util/inteltool/pcr.h
index 69826c3f2977..a84cd71e3fb8 100644
--- a/util/inteltool/pcr.h
+++ b/util/inteltool/pcr.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* inteltool - dump all registers on an Intel CPU + chipset based system */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef INTELTOOL_PCR_H
 #define INTELTOOL_PCR_H 1
diff --git a/util/inteltool/powermgt.c b/util/inteltool/powermgt.c
index a7a2035b008a..2f44e1d28d98 100644
--- a/util/inteltool/powermgt.c
+++ b/util/inteltool/powermgt.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* inteltool - dump all registers on an Intel CPU + chipset based system */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/inteltool/rootcmplx.c b/util/inteltool/rootcmplx.c
index 6758c669ff31..490897f938eb 100644
--- a/util/inteltool/rootcmplx.c
+++ b/util/inteltool/rootcmplx.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* inteltool - dump all registers on an Intel CPU + chipset based system */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/intelvbttool/Makefile b/util/intelvbttool/Makefile
index 34f42548336e..853ac3376bef 100644
--- a/util/intelvbttool/Makefile
+++ b/util/intelvbttool/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
-## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-##
-## 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.
-##
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 PROGRAM = intelvbttool
 CC ?= gcc
diff --git a/util/intelvbttool/intelvbttool.c b/util/intelvbttool/intelvbttool.c
index b98d6e44083e..7d23c86c17c4 100644
--- a/util/intelvbttool/intelvbttool.c
+++ b/util/intelvbttool/intelvbttool.c
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
diff --git a/util/kbc1126/kbc1126_ec_dump.c b/util/kbc1126/kbc1126_ec_dump.c
index a96464a76f63..f1aaf2104004 100644
--- a/util/kbc1126/kbc1126_ec_dump.c
+++ b/util/kbc1126/kbc1126_ec_dump.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/util/kbc1126/kbc1126_ec_insert.c b/util/kbc1126/kbc1126_ec_insert.c
index cc86b773d4cc..92a2505d3e11 100644
--- a/util/kbc1126/kbc1126_ec_insert.c
+++ b/util/kbc1126/kbc1126_ec_insert.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/kconfig/toada.c b/util/kconfig/toada.c
index 9db4dc71ffca..1717fd040fb7 100644
--- a/util/kconfig/toada.c
+++ b/util/kconfig/toada.c
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/util/lint/checkpatch_json.py b/util/lint/checkpatch_json.py
index 827d2f53615e..7da213c7d014 100755
--- a/util/lint/checkpatch_json.py
+++ b/util/lint/checkpatch_json.py
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python2
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 """
 This utilty generate json output to post comment in gerrit.
diff --git a/util/lint/kconfig_lint b/util/lint/kconfig_lint
index bdf9b8bb164b..cd4c9a2f3b73 100755
--- a/util/lint/kconfig_lint
+++ b/util/lint/kconfig_lint
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env perl
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # perltidy -l=123
 
 package kconfig_lint;
diff --git a/util/lint/lint b/util/lint/lint
index fcce45f98577..1420b41a1c13 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint
+++ b/util/lint/lint
@@ -2,15 +2,8 @@
 #
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 #set -x # uncomment for debug
 
 usage () {
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-000-license-headers b/util/lint/lint-000-license-headers
index 080e6de99c2e..05476e87cdb7 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-000-license-headers
+++ b/util/lint/lint-000-license-headers
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: Check that files in have valid license headers
 # $1 is an optional command line parameter containing directories to check
 
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-001-no-global-config-in-romstage b/util/lint/lint-001-no-global-config-in-romstage
index 29c9db1067e1..79293ebfff56 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-001-no-global-config-in-romstage
+++ b/util/lint/lint-001-no-global-config-in-romstage
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: Check that no symbol #defined in any romstage.c is used elsewhere
 
 DEFINES=`grep "#define" src/mainboard/*/*/romstage.c |sed 's,.*#define[\t ]\([^\t ]*\)[\t ].*,\1,' | grep -v "(" | sort -u`
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-007-checkpatch b/util/lint/lint-007-checkpatch
index 77c3907b2009..a56c62b94b6c 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-007-checkpatch
+++ b/util/lint/lint-007-checkpatch
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: Checkpatch on .c, .h, & Kconfig files in the tree
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-008-kconfig b/util/lint/lint-008-kconfig
index 79f714695770..948031a34c22 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-008-kconfig
+++ b/util/lint/lint-008-kconfig
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: check Kconfig files for warnings and errors
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-014-qualified-types b/util/lint/lint-014-qualified-types
index 7c0409c80817..4a56dd6debc4 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-014-qualified-types
+++ b/util/lint/lint-014-qualified-types
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: Check that variables have fully qualified types
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-extended-007-checkpatch b/util/lint/lint-extended-007-checkpatch
index 80c1af5d1d9f..aa16caf2d609 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-extended-007-checkpatch
+++ b/util/lint/lint-extended-007-checkpatch
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: Run checkpatch on directories that are known good
 
 PIDS=""
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-extended-015-final-newlines b/util/lint/lint-extended-015-final-newlines
index 4e72995a4663..67aa27ee9252 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-extended-015-final-newlines
+++ b/util/lint/lint-extended-015-final-newlines
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: Check that files end with a single newline
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace b/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace
index 7943fcc41110..1710083a6b1a 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: Check for superfluous whitespace in the tree
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-004-style-labels b/util/lint/lint-stable-004-style-labels
index c952b9102b49..21aa69d8730b 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-004-style-labels
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-004-style-labels
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: Check that C labels begin at start-of-line
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-008-kconfig b/util/lint/lint-stable-008-kconfig
index 778a7a57a8a9..34dec465c84c 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-008-kconfig
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-008-kconfig
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: check Kconfig files for errors
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-009-old-licenses b/util/lint/lint-stable-009-old-licenses
index 369d3936f10b..1835a35e14a9 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-009-old-licenses
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-009-old-licenses
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: verify that files don't have the old style header
 
 # regex list of files and directories to exclude from the search
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-010-asm-syntax b/util/lint/lint-stable-010-asm-syntax
index d532c5d28c5e..5f02ff567ec1 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-010-asm-syntax
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-010-asm-syntax
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: Check that we use a single assembler syntax
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-016-non-ascii b/util/lint/lint-stable-016-non-ascii
index a9967cab2c49..5bbafbbab278 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-016-non-ascii
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-016-non-ascii
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: Check for non-ASCII and unprintable characters
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-017-configs b/util/lint/lint-stable-017-configs
index 01d32b1280cc..1221672f6f4a 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-017-configs
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-017-configs
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: Check that saved config files are miniconfigs
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-018-symlinks b/util/lint/lint-stable-018-symlinks
index eddcb0579c19..c9aa356f5cc0 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-018-symlinks
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-018-symlinks
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: Report any symbolic links
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-019-header-files b/util/lint/lint-stable-019-header-files
index 6940227c0750..8114931b2967 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-019-header-files
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-019-header-files
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: Check for auto-included headers
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-021-coreboot-lowercase b/util/lint/lint-stable-021-coreboot-lowercase
index 6c6a56b60a51..f9444cec9061 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-021-coreboot-lowercase
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-021-coreboot-lowercase
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: Verify that the word 'coreboot' is lowercase
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-022-clang-format b/util/lint/lint-stable-022-clang-format
index fb9388b67a4c..439af55a87b7 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-022-clang-format
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-022-clang-format
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: Run clang-format on white-listed directories
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-023-filenames b/util/lint/lint-stable-023-filenames
index 6332d2e9a280..b864ab986643 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-023-filenames
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-023-filenames
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # DESCR: Check for illegal characters in filename
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
diff --git a/util/mainboard/google/hatch/template/Makefile.inc b/util/mainboard/google/hatch/template/Makefile.inc
index 38cf728d8fd5..c4442094e43a 100644
--- a/util/mainboard/google/hatch/template/Makefile.inc
+++ b/util/mainboard/google/hatch/template/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
-## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-##
-## 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.
-##
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 SPD_SOURCES =
diff --git a/util/mainboard/google/volteer/template/Makefile.inc b/util/mainboard/google/volteer/template/Makefile.inc
index 38cf728d8fd5..c4442094e43a 100644
--- a/util/mainboard/google/volteer/template/Makefile.inc
+++ b/util/mainboard/google/volteer/template/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
-## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-##
-## 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.
-##
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 SPD_SOURCES =
diff --git a/util/mainboard/google/volteer/template/include/variant/ec.h b/util/mainboard/google/volteer/template/include/variant/ec.h
index e6c68afc1052..55314d3b7d4c 100644
--- a/util/mainboard/google/volteer/template/include/variant/ec.h
+++ b/util/mainboard/google/volteer/template/include/variant/ec.h
@@ -1,16 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #ifndef __VARIANT_EC_H__
 #define __VARIANT_EC_H__
diff --git a/util/mainboard/google/zork/template/Makefile.inc b/util/mainboard/google/zork/template/Makefile.inc
index 38cf728d8fd5..c4442094e43a 100644
--- a/util/mainboard/google/zork/template/Makefile.inc
+++ b/util/mainboard/google/zork/template/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
-## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-##
-## 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.
-##
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 SPD_SOURCES =
diff --git a/util/mma/mma_get_result.sh b/util/mma/mma_get_result.sh
index 890ee7419326..48f5360ed365 100755
--- a/util/mma/mma_get_result.sh
+++ b/util/mma/mma_get_result.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 mma_results_op_bin="${1}"
 mma_results_op_bin_tmp="${mma_results_op_bin}".tmp
diff --git a/util/mma/mma_setup_test.sh b/util/mma/mma_setup_test.sh
index a53905b5aa32..9680d2e8c629 100755
--- a/util/mma/mma_setup_test.sh
+++ b/util/mma/mma_setup_test.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 file_type_mma="mma"
 flashrom_temp_image=/tmp/flash_image_mma.bin
diff --git a/util/mtkheader/gen-bl-img.py b/util/mtkheader/gen-bl-img.py
index 656b976223f2..473d2a403d89 100755
--- a/util/mtkheader/gen-bl-img.py
+++ b/util/mtkheader/gen-bl-img.py
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python2
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
-
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 import struct
 import sys
diff --git a/util/nvramtool/Makefile b/util/nvramtool/Makefile
index c210234dbc74..25962ef1d994 100644
--- a/util/nvramtool/Makefile
+++ b/util/nvramtool/Makefile
@@ -4,15 +4,7 @@
 ## (C) 2005-2008 coresystems GmbH
 ## written by Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>
 ##
-## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-##
-## 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.
-##
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 PROGRAM = nvramtool
 
diff --git a/util/nvramtool/Makefile.inc b/util/nvramtool/Makefile.inc
index 697428906e4e..00e5efa99586 100644
--- a/util/nvramtool/Makefile.inc
+++ b/util/nvramtool/Makefile.inc
@@ -5,15 +5,7 @@
 ## written by Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>
 ## (C) 2012 secunet Security Networks AG
 ##
-## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-##
-## 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.
-##
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 OS_ARCH        = $(shell uname)
 NVRAMTOOLFLAGS := -I$(top)/util/nvramtool
diff --git a/util/nvramtool/cbfs.c b/util/nvramtool/cbfs.c
index 86b5f5984d60..7677633474dd 100644
--- a/util/nvramtool/cbfs.c
+++ b/util/nvramtool/cbfs.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifdef __MINGW32__
 #include <winsock.h>
diff --git a/util/pmh7tool/Makefile b/util/pmh7tool/Makefile
index 8572e00e510e..9b3921aac2ee 100644
--- a/util/pmh7tool/Makefile
+++ b/util/pmh7tool/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
-## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-##
-## 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.
-##
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 CC = gcc
 CFLAGS = -O2 -Wall -Wextra -Werror
diff --git a/util/pmh7tool/pmh7tool.c b/util/pmh7tool/pmh7tool.c
index 908abf394bfe..dc9df2d274cf 100644
--- a/util/pmh7tool/pmh7tool.c
+++ b/util/pmh7tool/pmh7tool.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/pmh7tool/pmh7tool.h b/util/pmh7tool/pmh7tool.h
index 34ccbc9f01f9..54fdaaf75e81 100644
--- a/util/pmh7tool/pmh7tool.h
+++ b/util/pmh7tool/pmh7tool.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef PMH7TOOL_H
 #define PMH7TOOL_H
diff --git a/util/post/post.c b/util/post/post.c
index ef769161b194..8578d0489996 100644
--- a/util/post/post.c
+++ b/util/post/post.c
@@ -1,14 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <limits.h>
diff --git a/util/release/genrelnotes b/util/release/genrelnotes
index e972b40e4cd2..26cf280b791d 100755
--- a/util/release/genrelnotes
+++ b/util/release/genrelnotes
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 # This script creates a list of commits between two releases, broken out into
 # fairly inexact categories, based on the directories that files are in.  If
diff --git a/util/release/gerrit_stats.pl b/util/release/gerrit_stats.pl
index 9e2e71a26037..e21877ff2328 100755
--- a/util/release/gerrit_stats.pl
+++ b/util/release/gerrit_stats.pl
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 package gerrit_stats;
 
diff --git a/util/riscv/sifive-gpt.py b/util/riscv/sifive-gpt.py
index c651f021a9b3..e3d7ceb42b08 100755
--- a/util/riscv/sifive-gpt.py
+++ b/util/riscv/sifive-gpt.py
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 import sys, os, struct, uuid, zlib, io
 
diff --git a/util/sconfig/main.c b/util/sconfig/main.c
index 036c59ce5703..b0c53385c6e7 100644
--- a/util/sconfig/main.c
+++ b/util/sconfig/main.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* sconfig, coreboot device tree compiler */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 /* stat.h needs to be included before commonlib/helpers.h to avoid errors.*/
diff --git a/util/sconfig/sconfig.h b/util/sconfig/sconfig.h
index 9f6e01c9e8fe..a960b7f05588 100644
--- a/util/sconfig/sconfig.h
+++ b/util/sconfig/sconfig.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* sconfig, coreboot device tree compiler */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/sconfig/sconfig.l b/util/sconfig/sconfig.l
index 0c30d2cb7048..9fd0cec0e9f7 100755
--- a/util/sconfig/sconfig.l
+++ b/util/sconfig/sconfig.l
@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
 %{
 /* sconfig, coreboot device tree compiler */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include "sconfig.tab.h"
 
diff --git a/util/sconfig/sconfig.tab.c_shipped b/util/sconfig/sconfig.tab.c_shipped
index f0233a500cc9..fb7e3f710f19 100644
--- a/util/sconfig/sconfig.tab.c_shipped
+++ b/util/sconfig/sconfig.tab.c_shipped
@@ -68,16 +68,7 @@
 /* First part of user prologue.  */
 
 /* sconfig, coreboot device tree compiler */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include "sconfig.h"
 
diff --git a/util/sconfig/sconfig.y b/util/sconfig/sconfig.y
index ef3e160c1bfc..597e309a4262 100755
--- a/util/sconfig/sconfig.y
+++ b/util/sconfig/sconfig.y
@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
 %{
 /* sconfig, coreboot device tree compiler */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include "sconfig.h"
 
diff --git a/util/scripts/cross-repo-cherrypick b/util/scripts/cross-repo-cherrypick
index 1f1931b35bea..3fbc46faed56 100755
--- a/util/scripts/cross-repo-cherrypick
+++ b/util/scripts/cross-repo-cherrypick
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # cross-repo-cherrypick - rebase helper script
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 # Adapt to your remote branch:
 BRANCH="origin/master"
diff --git a/util/scripts/decode_spd.sh b/util/scripts/decode_spd.sh
index 9ab9fa30cfd4..8ce28af18e97 100755
--- a/util/scripts/decode_spd.sh
+++ b/util/scripts/decode_spd.sh
@@ -2,16 +2,8 @@
 #
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # Parses spd hex files and outputs the contents in various formats
 #
 #
diff --git a/util/scripts/dts-to-fmd.sh b/util/scripts/dts-to-fmd.sh
index cff44e0ca771..5c3772697b2a 100755
--- a/util/scripts/dts-to-fmd.sh
+++ b/util/scripts/dts-to-fmd.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
 # converts a depthcharge fmap.dts into an fmaptool compatible .fmd format
 # requires fdt utilities (dtc, fdtget)
 #
diff --git a/util/scripts/gerrit-rebase b/util/scripts/gerrit-rebase
index 83749137c37b..9e4c791076ed 100755
--- a/util/scripts/gerrit-rebase
+++ b/util/scripts/gerrit-rebase
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 # $0 from-branch to-branch
 #
diff --git a/util/scripts/maintainers.go b/util/scripts/maintainers.go
index 34841b39559e..459c030d1360 100644
--- a/util/scripts/maintainers.go
+++ b/util/scripts/maintainers.go
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 package main
 
diff --git a/util/scripts/update_submodules b/util/scripts/update_submodules
index cf0bdbd88f5b..993f58ef0b5d 100755
--- a/util/scripts/update_submodules
+++ b/util/scripts/update_submodules
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 # Description:
 # Check all submodules for updates.  If there are more than a minimum
diff --git a/util/showdevicetree/showdt.c b/util/showdevicetree/showdt.c
index d8a5e62b8f95..961a69d9a3ba 100644
--- a/util/showdevicetree/showdt.c
+++ b/util/showdevicetree/showdt.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* Compile and dump the device tree */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 #include  <stdio.h>
 /* you can't include string.h due to conflicts with coreboot prototypes. */
 void *memcpy(void *m1, void *m2, size_t s);
diff --git a/util/superiotool/ali.c b/util/superiotool/ali.c
index c1344d91b6e2..04420626364a 100644
--- a/util/superiotool/ali.c
+++ b/util/superiotool/ali.c
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the superiotool project */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #include "superiotool.h"
 
diff --git a/util/superiotool/amd.c b/util/superiotool/amd.c
index 6a379cb95186..1831b1fa2c57 100644
--- a/util/superiotool/amd.c
+++ b/util/superiotool/amd.c
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the superiotool project */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #include "superiotool.h"
 
diff --git a/util/superiotool/aspeed.c b/util/superiotool/aspeed.c
index 977e1817ab3c..4e9d684c9d32 100644
--- a/util/superiotool/aspeed.c
+++ b/util/superiotool/aspeed.c
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the superiotool project */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #include "superiotool.h"
 
diff --git a/util/superiotool/exar.c b/util/superiotool/exar.c
index 27060f40c46d..430d6ba32ae7 100644
--- a/util/superiotool/exar.c
+++ b/util/superiotool/exar.c
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the superiotool project */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #include "superiotool.h"
 
diff --git a/util/superiotool/fintek.c b/util/superiotool/fintek.c
index 48cb89061e7d..1402d480a0e5 100644
--- a/util/superiotool/fintek.c
+++ b/util/superiotool/fintek.c
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the superiotool project */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #include "superiotool.h"
 
diff --git a/util/superiotool/infineon.c b/util/superiotool/infineon.c
index 8e73d3374811..b11db76e2dc3 100644
--- a/util/superiotool/infineon.c
+++ b/util/superiotool/infineon.c
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the superiotool project */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #include "superiotool.h"
 
diff --git a/util/superiotool/ite.c b/util/superiotool/ite.c
index 9d9e0e4adbda..00eceed9f86c 100644
--- a/util/superiotool/ite.c
+++ b/util/superiotool/ite.c
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the superiotool project */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #include "superiotool.h"
 
diff --git a/util/superiotool/nsc.c b/util/superiotool/nsc.c
index 444267d4f9e1..9159876b51c2 100644
--- a/util/superiotool/nsc.c
+++ b/util/superiotool/nsc.c
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the superiotool project */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #include "superiotool.h"
 
diff --git a/util/superiotool/nuvoton.c b/util/superiotool/nuvoton.c
index c00ef49077d7..e6dc9f793b87 100644
--- a/util/superiotool/nuvoton.c
+++ b/util/superiotool/nuvoton.c
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the superiotool project */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #include "superiotool.h"
 
diff --git a/util/superiotool/pci.c b/util/superiotool/pci.c
index 1e0c9c1779ae..0ca2887801b8 100644
--- a/util/superiotool/pci.c
+++ b/util/superiotool/pci.c
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the superiotool project */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #include "superiotool.h"
 
diff --git a/util/superiotool/serverengines.c b/util/superiotool/serverengines.c
index c24cecf5fc7b..f2ac9c579481 100644
--- a/util/superiotool/serverengines.c
+++ b/util/superiotool/serverengines.c
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the superiotool project */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #include "superiotool.h"
 
diff --git a/util/superiotool/smsc.c b/util/superiotool/smsc.c
index 60d02b8cadb3..3a5147f66415 100644
--- a/util/superiotool/smsc.c
+++ b/util/superiotool/smsc.c
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the superiotool project */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #include "superiotool.h"
 
diff --git a/util/superiotool/superiotool.c b/util/superiotool/superiotool.c
index c5fa20d190ce..e93e9261c667 100644
--- a/util/superiotool/superiotool.c
+++ b/util/superiotool/superiotool.c
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the superiotool project */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #include "superiotool.h"
 
diff --git a/util/superiotool/superiotool.h b/util/superiotool/superiotool.h
index fb6be382a600..74e9aa86e2f9 100644
--- a/util/superiotool/superiotool.h
+++ b/util/superiotool/superiotool.h
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the superiotool project */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #ifndef SUPERIOTOOL_H
 #define SUPERIOTOOL_H
diff --git a/util/superiotool/via.c b/util/superiotool/via.c
index 374d4db93398..8853462ca403 100644
--- a/util/superiotool/via.c
+++ b/util/superiotool/via.c
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the superiotool project */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #include "superiotool.h"
 
diff --git a/util/superiotool/winbond.c b/util/superiotool/winbond.c
index b2ae1789989e..fe5bbadb63bc 100644
--- a/util/superiotool/winbond.c
+++ b/util/superiotool/winbond.c
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the superiotool project */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
 
 #include "superiotool.h"
 
diff --git a/util/supermicro/smcbiosinfo/smcbiosinfo.c b/util/supermicro/smcbiosinfo/smcbiosinfo.c
index 2213b0e9a131..d7a6a301df8c 100644
--- a/util/supermicro/smcbiosinfo/smcbiosinfo.c
+++ b/util/supermicro/smcbiosinfo/smcbiosinfo.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
diff --git a/util/testing/Makefile.inc b/util/testing/Makefile.inc
index bf096d356528..80e7fa902d65 100644
--- a/util/testing/Makefile.inc
+++ b/util/testing/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 ##
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
-## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-##
-## 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.
-##
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 test-help help::
 	@echo  '*** coreboot test targets ***'
diff --git a/util/uio_usbdebug/console/printk.c b/util/uio_usbdebug/console/printk.c
index a3f6dde22322..4d0e652d1fdf 100644
--- a/util/uio_usbdebug/console/printk.c
+++ b/util/uio_usbdebug/console/printk.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of uio_usbdebug */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
diff --git a/util/uio_usbdebug/drivers/usb/pci_ehci.c b/util/uio_usbdebug/drivers/usb/pci_ehci.c
index fc8b3fad468b..305c3398f55c 100644
--- a/util/uio_usbdebug/drivers/usb/pci_ehci.c
+++ b/util/uio_usbdebug/drivers/usb/pci_ehci.c
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <device/pci_ehci.h>
 
diff --git a/util/uio_usbdebug/include/device/device.h b/util/uio_usbdebug/include/device/device.h
index 51c1c7132fae..25489614e59f 100644
--- a/util/uio_usbdebug/include/device/device.h
+++ b/util/uio_usbdebug/include/device/device.h
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 
 #ifndef _DEVICE_DEVICE_H
diff --git a/util/uio_usbdebug/uio_usbdebug.c b/util/uio_usbdebug/uio_usbdebug.c
index e530700ae793..54b011990cf8 100644
--- a/util/uio_usbdebug/uio_usbdebug.c
+++ b/util/uio_usbdebug/uio_usbdebug.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* uio_usbdebug - Run coreboot's usbdebug driver in userspace */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
diff --git a/util/uio_usbdebug/uio_usbdebug_intel.c b/util/uio_usbdebug/uio_usbdebug_intel.c
index bf91660e72b1..2497f6cb9e7d 100644
--- a/util/uio_usbdebug/uio_usbdebug_intel.c
+++ b/util/uio_usbdebug/uio_usbdebug_intel.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of uio_usbdebug */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <arch/io.h>
 #include <device/device.h>
diff --git a/util/vgabios/Makefile b/util/vgabios/Makefile
index 203b07cdd370..dec3c9b43880 100644
--- a/util/vgabios/Makefile
+++ b/util/vgabios/Makefile
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
 ## This file is part of the coreboot project.
 ##
-## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-##
-## 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.
-##
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
-#
 # NOTE: You need to add your libpci.a version to CFLAGS below if
 # pci-userspace.c does not build.
 #
diff --git a/util/vgabios/include/arch/byteorder.h b/util/vgabios/include/arch/byteorder.h
index b0b354aafd52..754ff754a98e 100644
--- a/util/vgabios/include/arch/byteorder.h
+++ b/util/vgabios/include/arch/byteorder.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef _BYTEORDER_H
 #define _BYTEORDER_H
diff --git a/util/vgabios/include/config.h b/util/vgabios/include/config.h
index 35b69a150e94..1b336a1bac09 100644
--- a/util/vgabios/include/config.h
+++ b/util/vgabios/include/config.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #define CONFIG_PCI_OPTION_ROM_RUN_YABEL 1
 #define CONFIG_YABEL_PCI_ACCESS_OTHER_DEVICES 0
diff --git a/util/vgabios/include/console/console.h b/util/vgabios/include/console/console.h
index 2858d1dbf600..49a201fab8df 100644
--- a/util/vgabios/include/console/console.h
+++ b/util/vgabios/include/console/console.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef _CONSOLE_CONSOLE_H
 #define _CONSOLE_CONSOLE_H
diff --git a/util/vgabios/include/stdtypes.h b/util/vgabios/include/stdtypes.h
index c31cb35f122f..022a1b685405 100644
--- a/util/vgabios/include/stdtypes.h
+++ b/util/vgabios/include/stdtypes.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef _STDTYPES_H
 #define _STDTYPES_H
diff --git a/util/vgabios/pci-userspace.c b/util/vgabios/pci-userspace.c
index 2a57f487660e..3091590b44c2 100644
--- a/util/vgabios/pci-userspace.c
+++ b/util/vgabios/pci-userspace.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <pci/pci.h>
diff --git a/util/vgabios/pci-userspace.h b/util/vgabios/pci-userspace.h
index 4fe933af37ca..aeeb344a5044 100644
--- a/util/vgabios/pci-userspace.h
+++ b/util/vgabios/pci-userspace.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef __PCI_USERSPACE_H__
 #define __PCI_USERSPACE_H__
diff --git a/util/vgabios/testbios.c b/util/vgabios/testbios.c
index 1c6192c71b31..7080c50bf6c0 100644
--- a/util/vgabios/testbios.c
+++ b/util/vgabios/testbios.c
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/util/vgabios/testbios.h b/util/vgabios/testbios.h
index ef46d6064543..c97298c95930 100644
--- a/util/vgabios/testbios.h
+++ b/util/vgabios/testbios.h
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 #ifndef __TESTBIOS_H__
 #define __TESTBIOS_H__
diff --git a/util/x86/x86_page_tables.go b/util/x86/x86_page_tables.go
index 34959fae836c..25b7eb7303a2 100644
--- a/util/x86/x86_page_tables.go
+++ b/util/x86/x86_page_tables.go
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 /* This file is part of the coreboot project. */
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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.
- */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
 package main
 
diff --git a/util/xcompile/xcompile b/util/xcompile/xcompile
index 0ffcf0aa537b..53a72de9fd39 100755
--- a/util/xcompile/xcompile
+++ b/util/xcompile/xcompile
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-#
-# 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.
-#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 # Usage: [--debug] [path to xgcc/bin directory]