linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] LICENSES: refresh FSF LGPL licences

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Message-ID: <2025062157-framing-designed-76cd@gregkh>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 09:21:28 +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 2/2] LICENSES: refresh FSF LGPL licences

On Sat, Jun 21, 2025 at 03:21:14AM +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/lgpl-2.0.txt
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt
> 
> Relevant change: postal address was replaced with an URL.
> 
> There are many changes, because the original text from
> spdx.org is a bit odd. Maybe an old copy :-?

Please don't reformat everything for no good reason.  Let's stick with
what spdx has as that is what everyone has agreed on.

thanks,

greg k-h