On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 03:16:24PM -0800, Alexander Duyck wrote: > This change restricts the check for the for the FSF address in the GPL > copyright statement so that it only flags the address, not the references to > the gnu.org/licenses URL which appear in numerous drivers. > > So for example this statement will still return an error: > 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. > > However, this statement will not return an error after this patch: > You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License > along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Why is this paragraph needed? The kernel does come with a copy of the GPL, so it's not an issue for kernel files, right? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
