linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] arch/x86/kvm/ioapic: Remove license boilerplate with bad FSF address

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Message-ID: <175564466081.3065897.4757741827876819544.b4-ty@google.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:12:07 -0700
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, 
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, 
	Thomas Huth <thuth@...hat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, 
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org, 
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-spdx@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] arch/x86/kvm/ioapic: Remove license boilerplate with
 bad FSF address

On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 17:28:43 +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:
> The Free Software Foundation does not reside in "59 Temple Place"
> anymore, so we should not mention that address in the source code here.
> But instead of updating the address to their current location, let's
> rather drop the license boilerplate text here and use a proper SPDX
> license identifier instead. The text talks about the "GNU *Lesser*
> General Public License" and "any later version", so LGPL-2.1+ is the
> right choice here.
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 misc.  I followed the conversation as best as I could, holler
if I picked the wrong version in the end.

Thanks!

[1/1] arch/x86/kvm/ioapic: Remove license boilerplate with bad FSF address
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/49be82d4ad2e

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