On Sat, 2013-12-07 at 14:55 -0800, Joe Perches wrote: > On Sat, 2013-12-07 at 14:49 -0800, Jeff Kirsher wrote: > > On Sat, 2013-12-07 at 23:20 +0100, Arend van Spriel wrote: > > > On 12/06/2013 05:56 PM, Jeff Kirsher wrote: > > > > Several files refer to an old address for the Free Software Foundation > > > > in the file header comment. Resolve by replacing the address with > > > > the URL<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/> so that we do not have to keep > > > > updating the header comments anytime the address changes. > > > > > > This seems to pop up from time to time and unfortunately the resolution > > > seems not consistent at those times. Why not simply refer to the full > > > license text that is in the COPYING file in the tree itself. > > > > I, personally have only had one request in the last 10 years to change > > our Intel Wired Ethernet headers and that was because the address > > changed. I am open to suggestions, although when I proposed either > > updating the address to the current address or use the URL on LKML and > > netdev, the response I got was to update to the use the URL. > > > > I guess the only argument I would have against referring to the COPYING > > in the tree itself is that the headers already state: > > > > You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along > > with this program; > > > > (which refers to the COPYING file) and then it states... > > > > if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., > > 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. > > > > This is the second part that needs cleanup if the file refers to the old > > address. So just by removing the address and providing the URL, you are > > providing a place that users can get the license *if* the COPYING file > > gets removed (or altered) by who ever releases the kernel. > > Hi Jeff. > > I think what you've done is fine, but remember that > URLs come and go too. True, I just wish that were true for those embarrassing pictures of me 20 years ago... <joking> > > There was a discussion about this just a bit ago on lkml > https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/10/6/158 > and this message was added to checkpatch recently: > > "Do not include the paragraph about writing to the Free Software > Foundation's mailing address from the sample GPL notice. The FSF has > changed addresses in the past, and may do so again. Linux already > includes a copy of the GPL.\n" Thanks for the info, I overlooked that thread.
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