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

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Date:   Wed, 22 Nov 2017 23:20:25 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Martin Kepplinger <martink@...teo.de>
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

On Tue 2017-11-14 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@...teo.de>
> ---
>  mm/kmemleak-test.c | 3 +--
>  mm/kmemleak.c      | 3 +--
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/kmemleak-test.c b/mm/kmemleak-test.c
> index dd3c23a801b1..9a13ad2c0cca 100644
> --- a/mm/kmemleak-test.c
> +++ b/mm/kmemleak-test.c
> @@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
>   * GNU General Public License for more details.
>   *
>   * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> - * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> - * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
> + * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
>   */
>  

With all the SPDX work, I don't think this is useful. Talk to Greg?

We do ship copy of GPL, so perhaps the paragraph can be just deleted?

If not, maybe it should be http_s_?
									Pavel
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