linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: Only flag FSF address, not gnu.org URL

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Date:	Mon, 06 Jan 2014 15:16:24 -0800
From:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
To:	joe@...ches.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, josh@...htriplett.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Only flag FSF address, not gnu.org URL

This change restricts the check for the for the FSF address in the GPL
copyright statement so that it only flags the address, not the references to
the gnu.org/licenses URL which appear in numerous drivers.

So for example this statement will still return an error:
  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.

However, this statement will not return an error after this patch:
  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9c98100..ba3c9c3 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1963,8 +1963,7 @@ sub process {
 		}

 # Check for FSF mailing addresses.
-		if ($rawline =~ /You should have received a copy/ ||
-		    $rawline =~ /write to the Free Software/ ||
+		if ($rawline =~ /write to the Free Software/ ||
 		    $rawline =~ /59 Temple Place/ ||
 		    $rawline =~ /51 Franklin Street/) {
 			my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($rawline) . "\n";

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