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SubjectRe: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Check for the FSF mailing address
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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