* [PATCH v2 0/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF
@ 2025-07-21 10:15 Thomas Huth
2025-07-21 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GPL-1.0 Thomas Huth
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From: Thomas Huth @ 2025-07-21 10:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-spdx, Thomas Gleixner, Greg Kroah-Hartman; +Cc: linux-kernel
The FSF resides in the Milk Street in Boston nowadays, see:
https://www.fsf.org/about/contact/mailing
So we should not use the old mailing address in the license texts
anymore. Let's update the addresses with the link to their website,
as suggested in the latest revisions of their licenses.
v2:
- Split into individual patches per license
- Add patches for the GFDL licenses, too
Thomas Huth (6):
LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GPL-1.0
LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GPL-2.0
LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the LGPL-2.0
LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the LGPL-2.1
LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GFDL-1.1
LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GFDL-1.2
LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.1 | 2 +-
LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.2 | 2 +-
LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0 | 6 +++---
LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 | 10 ++++------
LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.0 | 5 ++---
LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1 | 8 ++++----
6 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
--
2.50.0
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* [PATCH v2 1/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GPL-1.0
2025-07-21 10:15 [PATCH v2 0/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF Thomas Huth
@ 2025-07-21 10:15 ` Thomas Huth
2025-07-21 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GPL-2.0 Thomas Huth
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From: Thomas Huth @ 2025-07-21 10:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-spdx, Thomas Gleixner, Greg Kroah-Hartman; +Cc: linux-kernel
From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
The FSF does not reside in the Mass Ave anymore. Let's update the
address with the link to their website, as suggested in the latest
revisions of their GPL-1.0 license:
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-1.0.txt
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0 | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0 b/LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0
index 3a4fa969e4c29..8d0a75431f06d 100644
--- a/LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0
+++ b/LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ License-Text:
Version 1, February 1989
Copyright (C) 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
+ <https://fsf.org/>
+
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
@@ -227,8 +228,7 @@ the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least 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., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
--
2.50.0
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* [PATCH v2 2/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GPL-2.0
2025-07-21 10:15 [PATCH v2 0/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF Thomas Huth
2025-07-21 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GPL-1.0 Thomas Huth
@ 2025-07-21 10:15 ` Thomas Huth
2025-07-21 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the LGPL-2.0 Thomas Huth
` (3 subsequent siblings)
5 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Huth @ 2025-07-21 10:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-spdx, Thomas Gleixner, Greg Kroah-Hartman; +Cc: linux-kernel
From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
The FSF does not reside in the Franklin street anymore. Let's update
the address with the link to their website, as suggested in the latest
revisions of their GPL-2.0 license:
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 | 10 ++++------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 b/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0
index ff0812fd89cc4..ea8e93dc44bc4 100644
--- a/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0
+++ b/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ License-Text:
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, June 1991
- Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ <https://fsf.org/>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
@@ -322,10 +322,8 @@ the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
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 St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
--
2.50.0
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* [PATCH v2 3/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the LGPL-2.0
2025-07-21 10:15 [PATCH v2 0/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF Thomas Huth
2025-07-21 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GPL-1.0 Thomas Huth
2025-07-21 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GPL-2.0 Thomas Huth
@ 2025-07-21 10:15 ` Thomas Huth
2025-07-21 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the LGPL-2.1 Thomas Huth
` (2 subsequent siblings)
5 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Huth @ 2025-07-21 10:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-spdx, Thomas Gleixner, Greg Kroah-Hartman; +Cc: linux-kernel
From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
The FSF does not reside in the Franklin street anymore. Let's update
the address with the link to their website, as suggested in the latest
revisions of their LGPL-2.0 license:
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.0.txt
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.0 | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.0 b/LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.0
index 957d798fe0372..dc629746eb726 100644
--- a/LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.0
+++ b/LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.0
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, June 1991
Copyright (C) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
+<https://fsf.org/>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
license document, but changing it is not allowed.
@@ -468,8 +468,7 @@ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public
License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
-along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
-Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+along with this library; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
--
2.50.0
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* [PATCH v2 4/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the LGPL-2.1
2025-07-21 10:15 [PATCH v2 0/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF Thomas Huth
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2025-07-21 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the LGPL-2.0 Thomas Huth
@ 2025-07-21 10:15 ` Thomas Huth
2025-07-21 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GFDL-1.1 Thomas Huth
2025-07-21 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GFDL-1.2 Thomas Huth
5 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Huth @ 2025-07-21 10:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-spdx, Thomas Gleixner, Greg Kroah-Hartman; +Cc: linux-kernel
From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
The FSF does not reside in the Franklin street anymore. Let's update
the address with the link to their website, as suggested in the latest
revisions of their LGPL-2.1 license:
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1 | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1 b/LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1
index b73f9b6230f52..105b9f3c5ba12 100644
--- a/LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1
+++ b/LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2.1, February 1999
Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+<https://fsf.org/>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
license document, but changing it is not allowed.
@@ -488,9 +488,9 @@ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License
for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
-Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA Also add
-information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
+along with this library; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the library, if
--
2.50.0
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* [PATCH v2 5/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GFDL-1.1
2025-07-21 10:15 [PATCH v2 0/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF Thomas Huth
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2025-07-21 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the LGPL-2.1 Thomas Huth
@ 2025-07-21 10:15 ` Thomas Huth
2025-07-21 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GFDL-1.2 Thomas Huth
5 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Huth @ 2025-07-21 10:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-spdx, Thomas Gleixner, Greg Kroah-Hartman; +Cc: linux-kernel
From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
The FSF does not reside in the Franklin street anymore. Let's update
the address with the link to their website, as suggested in the latest
revisions of their GFDL-1.1 license:
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.1.txt
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.1 | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.1 b/LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.1
index ae62699ab62c3..d7a524f602a47 100644
--- a/LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.1
+++ b/LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.1
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ License-Text:
Version 1.1, March 2000
Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ <https://fsf.org/>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
--
2.50.0
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* [PATCH v2 6/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GFDL-1.2
2025-07-21 10:15 [PATCH v2 0/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF Thomas Huth
` (4 preceding siblings ...)
2025-07-21 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GFDL-1.1 Thomas Huth
@ 2025-07-21 10:15 ` Thomas Huth
5 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Huth @ 2025-07-21 10:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-spdx, Thomas Gleixner, Greg Kroah-Hartman; +Cc: linux-kernel
From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
The FSF does not reside in the Franklin street anymore. Let's update
the address with the link to their website, as suggested in the latest
revisions of their GFDL-1.2 license:
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.txt
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.2 | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.2 b/LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.2
index b97e99a11d370..5e8fff04af056 100644
--- a/LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.2
+++ b/LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ License-Text:
Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ <https://fsf.org/>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
--
2.50.0
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