Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Oct 2013 14:33:09 -0700 | From | Josh Triplett <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Check for the FSF mailing address |
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On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 02:27:17PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Sun, 2013-10-06 at 14:18 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 11:27:39PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 11:51:48AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 11:43 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > > > > Kernel maintainers reject new instances of the GPL boilerplate paragraph > > > > > directing people to write to the FSF for a copy of the GPL, since the > > > > > FSF has moved in the past and may do so again. > [] > > any objections to merging the patch in its current form? > > Your own suggestion that this be applied only to > patches hasn't been implemented.
Given Greg's comment that we want to eliminate the existing instances, I wanted to make sure implementing that change still makes sense.
I can easily enough make checkpatch emit an ERROR for patches and a WARN or CHK for existing files, if that's the consensus.
- Josh Triplett
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