From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Xose Vazquez Perez Subject: Re: [RFC] Fix Free Software Foundation address in file headers Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:56:15 +0100 Message-ID: <529B864F.3000206@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail-we0-f175.google.com ([74.125.82.175]:45274 "EHLO mail-we0-f175.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751838Ab3LAS4U (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Dec 2013 13:56:20 -0500 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Jeff Kirsher wrote: > This came up when John Fastabend got a patch to fix up the headers in > the drivers/scsi/ directory and so I did a quick search of the network > drivers and found several instances in the file headers where an old FSF > address remains. The old address is: > > 59 Temple Place - Suite 330 > Boston, MA 02111-1307 > > The current address is: > > 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor > Boston, MA 02110-1301 > > I am wondering whether it may be best to just put a link to the Free > Software Foundation web page instead of having to update the address any > time a change is made. > > Either way, I feel the address either needs to get corrected or changed > to the URL, even though I am not a fan of huge patch series to make > trivial changes like this. > > Thoughts? Something like that should be enough: [...] 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., - 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + with this program. If not, see . [...] This was changed in that form in gpl3. There are about 3684 references with, at least, 140 variations. Infinite Patience(TM).