Re: [net] nfc: Fix FSF address in file headers

[Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>]

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On Sat, 2013-12-07 at 23:20 +0100, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> On 12/06/2013 05:56 PM, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> > Several files refer to an old address for the Free Software Foundation
> > in the file header comment.  Resolve by replacing the address with
> > the URL<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>  so that we do not have to keep
> > updating the header comments anytime the address changes.
> 
> This seems to pop up from time to time and unfortunately the resolution 
> seems not consistent at those times. Why not simply refer to the full 
> license text that is in the COPYING file in the tree itself.

I, personally have only had one request in the last 10 years to change
our Intel Wired Ethernet headers and that was because the address
changed.  I am open to suggestions, although when I proposed either
updating the address to the current address or use the URL on LKML and
netdev, the response I got was to update to the use the URL.

I guess the only argument I would have against referring to the COPYING
in the tree itself is that the headers already state:

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program;

(which refers to the COPYING file) and then it states...

if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

This is the second part that needs cleanup if the file refers to the old
address.  So just by removing the address and providing the URL, you are
providing a place that users can get the license *if* the COPYING file
gets removed (or altered) by who ever releases the kernel.

> 
> > CC:linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> > CC: Lauro Ramos Venancio<lauro.venancio@openbossa.org>
> > CC: Aloisio Almeida Jr<aloisio.almeida@openbossa.org>
> > CC: Samuel Ortiz<sameo@linux.intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher<jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
> 



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