[PATCH v3] powerpc: Drop GPL boilerplate text with obsolete FSF address

[PATCH v3] powerpc: Drop GPL boilerplate text with obsolete FSF address

[Thomas Huth]

From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>

The FSF does not reside in the Franklin street anymore, so we should not
request the people to write to this address. Fortunately, these header
files already contain a proper SPDX license identifier, so it should be
fine to simply drop all of this license boilerplate code here.

Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
 v3: Renamed the patch from "powerpc: Replace the obsolete address of
     the FSF" and drop the boilerplate text instead of replacing the
     address.

 arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/eeh.h      | 13 -------------
 arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h      | 13 -------------
 arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h | 13 -------------
 arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/ps3fb.h    | 13 -------------
 4 files changed, 52 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/eeh.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/eeh.h
index 28186071fafc4..3b5c47ff3fc4b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/eeh.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/eeh.h
@@ -1,18 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
 /*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
- *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2015
  *
  * Authors: Gavin Shan <gwshan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
index eaeda001784eb..077c5437f5219 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
@@ -1,18 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
 /*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
- *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2007
  *
  * Authors: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@us.ibm.com>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
index a809b1b44ddfe..ac596064d4c76 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
@@ -1,18 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
 /*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
- *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008
  *
  * Authors: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@us.ibm.com>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/ps3fb.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/ps3fb.h
index fd7e3a0d35d57..b1c6b0cd9e802 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/ps3fb.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/ps3fb.h
@@ -2,19 +2,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2006 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
  * Copyright 2006, 2007 Sony Corporation
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * 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.,
- * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
  */
 
 #ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_PS3FB_H_
-- 
2.50.0

Re: [PATCH v3] powerpc: Drop GPL boilerplate text with obsolete FSF address

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 09:25:53AM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:
> From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> 
> The FSF does not reside in the Franklin street anymore, so we should not
> request the people to write to this address. Fortunately, these header
> files already contain a proper SPDX license identifier, so it should be
> fine to simply drop all of this license boilerplate code here.
> 
> Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>