Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Nov 2017 11:02:02 +0100 | From | Michal Hocko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mm: replace FSF address with web source in license notices |
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On Tue 14-11-17 10:55:35, Martin Kepplinger wrote: > 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 "Don’t remove existing headers, but only add to them."
I thought the primary motivation was to unify _all_ headers and get rid of all the duplication. (aside from files which do not have any license which is under discussion elsewhere). -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
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