Re: [PATCH] mm: replace FSF address with web source in license notices

From: Martin Kepplinger
Date: Tue Nov 14 2017 - 04:55:48 EST


Am 14.11.2017 10:49 schrieb Michal Hocko:
On Tue 14-11-17 10:44:38, Martin Kepplinger wrote:
A few years ago the FSF moved and "59 Temple Place" is wrong. Having this
still in our source files feels old and unmaintained.

Let's take the license statement serious and not confuse users.

As https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html suggests, we replace the
postal address with "<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>" in the mm directory.

Why to change this now? Isn't there a general plan to move to SPDX?

Shouldn't a move to SPDX only be additions to what we currently have? That's
at least what the "reuse" project suggests, see https://reuse.software/practices/
with "Donât remove existing headers, but only add to them."

thanks

martin