Re: [RFC] Fix Free Software Foundation address in file headers

From: Xose Vazquez Perez
Date: Sun Dec 01 2013 - 13:56:49 EST


Jeff Kirsher wrote:

> This came up when John Fastabend got a patch to fix up the headers in
> the drivers/scsi/ directory and so I did a quick search of the network
> drivers and found several instances in the file headers where an old FSF
> address remains. The old address is:
>
> 59 Temple Place - Suite 330
> Boston, MA 02111-1307
>
> The current address is:
>
> 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor
> Boston, MA 02110-1301
>
> I am wondering whether it may be best to just put a link to the Free
> Software Foundation web page instead of having to update the address any
> time a change is made.
>
> Either way, I feel the address either needs to get corrected or changed
> to the URL, even though I am not a fan of huge patch series to make
> trivial changes like this.
>
> Thoughts?

Something like that should be enough:

[...]
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.
+ with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
[...]

This was changed in that form in gpl3.


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