Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 5 Oct 2013 23:27:39 -0700 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Check for the FSF mailing address |
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On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 11:51:48AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 11:43 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > Kernel maintainers reject new instances of the GPL boilerplate paragraph > > directing people to write to the FSF for a copy of the GPL, since the > > FSF has moved in the past and may do so again. > [] > > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl > [] > > @@ -1859,6 +1859,16 @@ sub process { > > $rpt_cleaners = 1; > > } > > > > +# Check for FSF mailing addresses. > > + if ($rawline =~ /You should have received a copy/ || > > There are over 9,000 of these in the tree. > > > + $rawline =~ /write to the Free Software/ || > > Over 7,000 > > > + $rawline =~ /59 Temple Place/ || > > Over 3,500 > > > + $rawline =~ /51 Franklin Street/) { > > Over 1,500
Then we should remove them all. I know some FSF members have tried to do a sweep of the kernel tree at times to at least get rid of the old physical address, but it looks like that didn't work very well.
I don't want to see this get worse over time, Josh, thanks for doing this checkpatch patch.
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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