linux-kernel - Re: [patch V2 02/11] LICENSES: Add the GPL 2.0 license

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Message-ID: <0EA06F0F-19D9-4E05-BF8E-73F20681A1B1@fsfe.org>
Date:   Sat, 18 Nov 2017 19:13:27 +0000
From:   Jonas Oberg <jonas@...e.org>
To:     Charlemagne Lasse <charlemagnelasse@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        Rob Herring <rob.herring@...aro.org>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        Carmen Bianca Bakker <carmenbianca@...e.org>
Subject: Re: [patch V2 02/11] LICENSES: Add the GPL 2.0 license

>This is neither the GPL-2.0 from
>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt

I think it should be the copy from COPYING, in fact, since that's the exact GPL 2.0 license the kernel is under. Library GPL is factually correct; Lesser GPL is a newer name for the same license, but COPYING retains the old name.

I don't remember when the FSF moved from Temple place but indeed, the address, which is correct in COPYING, could be updated.

Best
Jonas Öberg
Free Software Foundation Europe | jonas@...e.org
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