Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Only flag FSF address, not gnu.org URL

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 03:16:24PM -0800, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> This change restricts the check for the for the FSF address in the GPL
> copyright statement so that it only flags the address, not the references to
> the gnu.org/licenses URL which appear in numerous drivers.
> 
> So for example this statement will still return an error:
>   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.
> 
> However, this statement will not return an error after this patch:
>   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

Why is this paragraph needed?  The kernel does come with a copy of the
GPL, so it's not an issue for kernel files, right?

thanks,

greg k-h
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