linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: replace FSF address with web source in license notices

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Date:   Tue, 14 Nov 2017 10:55:35 +0100
From:   Martin Kepplinger <martink@...teo.de>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     catalin.marinas@....com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: replace FSF address with web source in license
 notices

Am 14.11.2017 10:49 schrieb Michal Hocko:
> On Tue 14-11-17 10:44:38, Martin Kepplinger wrote:
>> A few years ago the FSF moved and "59 Temple Place" is wrong. Having 
>> this
>> still in our source files feels old and unmaintained.
>> 
>> Let's take the license statement serious and not confuse users.
>> 
>> As https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html suggests, we replace 
>> the
>> postal address with "<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>" in the mm 
>> directory.
> 
> Why to change this now? Isn't there a general plan to move to SPDX?

Shouldn't a move to SPDX only be additions to what we currently have? 
That's
at least what the "reuse" project suggests, see 
https://reuse.software/practices/
with "Don’t remove existing headers, but only add to them."

thanks

                                        martin