| Message ID | 1386358320-26283-1-git-send-email-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com |
|---|---|
| State | Not Applicable, archived |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
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On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> wrote: > - Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > - 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA > + Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/> > Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies > of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. > > @@ -304,8 +303,7 @@ the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. > 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/>. Unless I am mistaken, the GPL expressly forbids making changes to the license. I'm not sure we can make this change. quote: | Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies | of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Tue, 2013-12-17 at 13:33 -0800, Jesse Brandeburg wrote: > On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Jeff Kirsher > <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> wrote: > > - Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > - 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA > > + Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/> > > Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies > > of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. > > > > @@ -304,8 +303,7 @@ the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. > > 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/>. > > Unless I am mistaken, the GPL expressly forbids making changes to the > license. I'm not sure we can make this change. > > quote: > | Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies > | of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. I've updated it to the FSF's current text instead. That updates the address and the full name of the LGPL (plus some whitespace changes). Thanks for pointing out it was outdated, Jeff. Ben.
diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index d60c31a..ea117cd 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 - Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/> Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. @@ -304,8 +303,7 @@ the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. 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/>. Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
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. Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> --- COPYING | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)