On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 05:36:34PM -0700, Sudeep Dutt wrote: > On Wed, 2013-07-31 at 18:51 -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 08:31:32PM -0700, Sudeep Dutt wrote: > > > --- /dev/null > > > +++ b/drivers/misc/mic/common/mic_device.h > > > @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ > > > +/* > > > + * Intel MIC Platform Software Stack (MPSS) > > > + * > > > + * Copyright(c) 2013 Intel Corporation. > > > + * > > > + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > > > + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as > > > + * published by the Free Software Foundation. > > > + * > > > + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but > > > + * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > > > + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU > > > + * General Public License for more details. > > > + * > > > + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License > > > + * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software > > > + * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 > > > + * USA. > > > > Ok, it's now your task as an Intel employee to get this paragraph > > stricken from the "default template" that GPL code in the kernel, > > written by Intel developers, has. It's pointless, and unless you want > > to be personally responsible for tracking the address changes of the FSF > > for the next 40+ years, not something I'm going to ever accept. > > > > I know you aren't responsible for this, but I'm getting really tired of > > pointing this out each-and-every-time I see a file from an Intel > > developer. > > > > So please work to fix this. > > > > I brought up this issue today, with the team which reviews licenses for > open source projects at Intel. The recommendation from them is to > include the following wording instead of the FSF street address in the > standard template. > > <snip> > You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along > with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. > <snip> That's better, but, this is the kernel, and of course they got a copy of the license with it, it's part of the whole body of code. So that paragraph is not needed either. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
