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

2013-10-06 Thread Joe Perches
On Sun, 2013-10-06 at 14:33 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > 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 -07

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

2013-10-06 Thread Josh Triplett
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

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

2013-10-06 Thread Joe Perches
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 instance

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

2013-10-06 Thread Josh Triplett
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 wri

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

2013-10-06 Thread Josh Triplett
On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 12:01:52AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 23:27 -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

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

2013-10-06 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 12:18:04PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > You can do that, but I know a whole lot of lawyers who will not like > that, as you aren't being explicit about what the license of the file > is, and relying on something else. I was afraid that some legal-profession-mumbo-jumb

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

2013-10-06 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 03:55:07PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 06:44:04AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 10:10:33AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > > On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 12:05:57AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > > As an individ

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

2013-10-06 Thread Rob Landley
On 10/06/2013 02:01:52 AM, Joe Perches wrote: On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 23:27 -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 boilerplat

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

2013-10-06 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 06:44:04AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 10:10:33AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 12:05:57AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > As an individual file is not the sum of the "program", I would argue > > > that it is

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

2013-10-06 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 10:10:33AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 12:05:57AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > As an individual file is not the sum of the "program", I would argue > > that it is not needed, but some companies like to feel better by > > adding it. So I re

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

2013-10-06 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 12:05:57AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > As an individual file is not the sum of the "program", I would argue > that it is not needed, but some companies like to feel better by > adding it. So I really don't mind either way, as it would involve > arguing with lawyers ab

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

2013-10-06 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 12:01:52AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 23:27 -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

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

2013-10-06 Thread Joe Perches
On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 23:27 -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 t

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

2013-10-05 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
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

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

2013-10-05 Thread Josh Triplett
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

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

2013-10-05 Thread Joe Perches
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. [] > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scrip

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

2013-10-05 Thread Josh Triplett
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. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett --- Inspired by Greg's standard response to omit the paragraph "unless you wa