linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] LICENSES: refresh FSF GFDL/GPL licences

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Message-ID: <2025062111-detonate-clapped-b630@gregkh>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 09:20:37 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@...il.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LINUX SPDX ML <linux-spdx@...r.kernel.org>,
	LINUX KERNEL ML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] LICENSES: refresh FSF GFDL/GPL licences

On Sat, Jun 21, 2025 at 03:21:13AM +0200, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> Old licences have been modified, because FSF postal address was changed:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2024-09/msg00000.html
> https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/fsf-office-closing-party
> https://www.fsf.org/about/contact/mailing
> 
> Just "cut and paste" from original sources:
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.1.txt
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.txt
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-1.0.txt
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
> 
> Relevant change: postal address was replaced with an URL.

You also changed whitespace and some terms, and did not describe that
here, why?

This license text comes from the SPDX repo, why not use that instead?

Or better yet, _JUST_ change the address, if that is correct with what
the FSF has published, and that's it.  Unneeded whitespace issues are
not a good idea and not needed at all.

thanks,

greg k-h