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Message-ID: <20140106232717.GA22336@kroah.com> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 15:27:17 -0800 From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> To: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com> Cc: joe@...ches.com, josh@...htriplett.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Only flag FSF address, not gnu.org URL On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 03:16:24PM -0800, Alexander Duyck wrote: > 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/>. Why is this paragraph needed? The kernel does come with a copy of the GPL, so it's not an issue for kernel files, right? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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