The patch titled Subject: kernel: replace FSF address with web source in license notices has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Martin Kepplinger <martink@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: kernel: replace FSF address with web source in license notices A few years ago the FSF moved and "59 Temple Place" is wrong. Having this still in our source files feels old and unmaintained. As https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html suggests, we replace the postal address with "<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>". Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171114091008.26555-1-martink@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/audit.c | 3 +-- kernel/audit.h | 3 +-- kernel/audit_watch.c | 3 +-- kernel/auditfilter.c | 3 +-- kernel/auditsc.c | 3 +-- kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c | 3 +-- kernel/events/uprobes.c | 3 +-- kernel/extable.c | 3 +-- kernel/futex.c | 3 +-- kernel/kprobes.c | 3 +-- kernel/module.c | 3 +-- kernel/params.c | 3 +-- kernel/time/timeconv.c | 3 +-- kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c | 3 +-- kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c | 3 +-- kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 3 +-- kernel/trace/trace_probe.c | 3 +-- kernel/trace/trace_probe.h | 3 +-- kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c | 3 +-- kernel/tracepoint.c | 3 +-- 20 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/audit.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/audit.c --- a/kernel/audit.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/audit.c @@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ * 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * * Written by Rickard E. (Rik) Faith <faith@xxxxxxxxxx> * diff -puN kernel/auditfilter.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/auditfilter.c --- a/kernel/auditfilter.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/auditfilter.c @@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ * 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt diff -puN kernel/audit.h~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/audit.h --- a/kernel/audit.h~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/audit.h @@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ * 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ #include <linux/fs.h> diff -puN kernel/auditsc.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/auditsc.c --- a/kernel/auditsc.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/auditsc.c @@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ * 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * * Written by Rickard E. (Rik) Faith <faith@xxxxxxxxxx> * diff -puN kernel/audit_watch.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/audit_watch.c --- a/kernel/audit_watch.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/audit_watch.c @@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ * 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ #include <linux/file.h> diff -puN kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c --- a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c @@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * * Copyright (C) 2007 Alan Stern * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2009 diff -puN kernel/events/uprobes.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/events/uprobes.c --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/events/uprobes.c @@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2008-2012 * Authors: diff -puN kernel/extable.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/extable.c --- a/kernel/extable.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/extable.c @@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ #include <linux/ftrace.h> #include <linux/memory.h> diff -puN kernel/futex.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/futex.c --- a/kernel/futex.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/futex.c @@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ * 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/poll.h> diff -puN kernel/kprobes.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/kprobes.c --- a/kernel/kprobes.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/kprobes.c @@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2002, 2004 * diff -puN kernel/module.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/module.c --- a/kernel/module.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/module.c @@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ #include <linux/export.h> #include <linux/extable.h> diff -puN kernel/params.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/params.c --- a/kernel/params.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/params.c @@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ #include <linux/kernel.h> #include <linux/string.h> diff -puN kernel/time/timeconv.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/time/timeconv.c --- a/kernel/time/timeconv.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/time/timeconv.c @@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public * License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not, - * write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, - * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + * see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ /* diff -puN kernel/tracepoint.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/tracepoint.c --- a/kernel/tracepoint.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/tracepoint.c @@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/mutex.h> diff -puN kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c @@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * * Copyright (C) 2009 Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@xxxxxxxxx> */ diff -puN kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c @@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * * Copyright (C) 2013 Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> */ diff -puN kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c --- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c @@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ * 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ #define pr_fmt(fmt) "trace_kprobe: " fmt diff -puN kernel/trace/trace_probe.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/trace/trace_probe.c --- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c @@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ * 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * * This code was copied from kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c written by * Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx> diff -puN kernel/trace/trace_probe.h~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/trace/trace_probe.h --- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h @@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ * 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * * This code was copied from kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.h written by * Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx> diff -puN kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c --- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c~kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices +++ a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c @@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ * 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2010-2012 * Author: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from martink@xxxxxxxxx are samples-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices.patch scripts-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices.patch kernel-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices.patch init-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices.patch lib-replace-fsf-address-with-web-source-in-license-notices.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html