linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF

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Message-ID: <CAC1cPGzLK8w2e=vz3rgPwWBkqs_2estcbPJgXD-RRx4GjdcB+A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 19:25:44 -0400
From: Richard Fontana <rfontana@...hat.com>
To: Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, 
	Thomas Huth <thuth@...hat.com>, Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.ibm.com>, 
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, 
	Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>, Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>, 
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-spdx@...r.kernel.org, 
	J Lovejoy <opensource@...ayne.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF

On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM Segher Boessenkool
<segher@...nel.crashing.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 05:02:18PM -0400, Richard Fontana wrote:

> > while this one:
> >
> >  *    As a special exception, if you link this library with files
> >  *    compiled with GCC to produce an executable, this does not cause
> >  *    the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
> >  *    This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why
> >  *    the executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.
> >
> > does not seem to be in the SPDX exception list. It is very similar to
> > `GNU-compiler-exception` except it specifically mentions GCC instead
> > of saying "a GNU compiler".
>
> https://spdx.org/licenses/GNU-compiler-exception.html
>
> is exactly this.

No, because `GNU-compiler-exception` as defined here
https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/blob/main/src/exceptions/GNU-compiler-exception.xml
assumes use of the term "GCC" rather than "a GNU compiler".

Richard