On 07/09/2015 17:17, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> > + } elsif ($length > 76 && !($rawline =~ /^\+ \* /)) { >> > + # The BSD license blurb has 80 character lines. >> > + # Avoid warning on cut-and-pasted license text. > Why not simply reflow all the offending license blurbs? > > Want me to prep such a patch?
Actually there are other license blurbs with 80-character lines. It's just that for the GPL we just refer to the COPYING file most of the time, instead of TYPING SEVERAL LINES ABOUT MERCHANTABILITY, whatever it is. Paolo