linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Check for the FSF mailing address

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Message-ID: <1381094837.2081.160.camel@joe-AO722>
Date:	Sun, 06 Oct 2013 14:27:17 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Check for the FSF mailing address

On Sun, 2013-10-06 at 14:18 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 11:27:39PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 11:51:48AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 11:43 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > > > Kernel maintainers reject new instances of the GPL boilerplate paragraph
> > > > directing people to write to the FSF for a copy of the GPL, since the
> > > > FSF has moved in the past and may do so again.
[]
> any objections to merging the patch in its current form?

Your own suggestion that this be applied only to
patches hasn't been implemented.

This patch emits an ERROR not a WARN or CHK.

It encourages people to modify files that may not
need modification and there hasn't been any agreement
that this is complete.


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